
Thaler’s DABUS system, which stands for Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience, created two original prototypes: a beverage holder and a light beacon.

Read more: Principles of Digital Law and Ethics Thaler said in his brief that AI is being used to innovate in fields ranging from medicine to energy, and that rejecting AI-generated patents “curtails our patent system’s ability - and thwarts Congress’s intent - to optimally stimulate innovation and technological progress.” Thaler requested the Supreme Court to review a ruling by the appeals court that patents may only be granted to human inventors and thus, his AI system does not qualify as the legal creator of inventions it generated. Thaler has been actively seeking recognition for his AI-generated innovations through patents around the world. Computer scientist Stephen Thaler petitioned the US Supreme Court on Friday to hear his case concerning the international patenting of inventions created by his artificial intelligence.
