No. 22-919

Stephen Thaler v. Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al.

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2023-03-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (3)Response Waived
Tags: artificial-intelligence innovation-rights invention inventor inventor-definition patent patent-act patent-eligibility patent-law standing statutory-interpretation
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Latest Conference: 2023-04-21
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does the Patent Act categorically restrict the statutory term "inventor" to human beings alone?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Patent Act categorically restrict the statutory term 'inventor' to human beings alone?

Docket Entries

2023-04-24
Petition DENIED.
2023-04-18
Brief amici curiae of The Chicago Patent Attorneys filed. (Distributed)
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2023-04-17
Brief amici curiae of Brooklyn Law Incubator & Policy Clinic, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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2023-04-12
Brief amici curiae of Lawrence Lessig, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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2023-04-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/21/2023.
2023-03-30
Waiver of right of respondent Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. to respond filed.
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2023-03-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 20, 2023)
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2023-01-10
Application (22A615) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until March 19, 2023.
2023-01-06
Application (22A615) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 18, 2023 to March 19, 2023, submitted to The Chief Justice.
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Attorneys

Brooklyn Law Incubator & Policy (BLIP) Clinic and Prof. Dr. Peter Georg Picht
Russell Charles Merbeth — Bandera Advisors LLC, Amicus
Katherine K. Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al.
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent
Lawrence Lessig, Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid, Osman Güçlütürk and Dr. Christopher Mason
Raymond J. Dowd — Dunnington Bartholow & Miller LLP, Amicus
Stephen Thaler
Ryan Benjamin Abbott — Brown, Neri, Smith and Khan, LLP, Petitioner
The Chicago Patent Attorneys
Aaron Vincent Gin — McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP, Amicus