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Although it is an implicit requirement of Section 1(1) of the UK Patent Act (1977) that patents should only be granted for inventions, "invention" is not defined anywhere in the Act. Instead, Section 1(2) Patents Act provides a non-exhaustive list of "things" that are not treated as inventions. Included in this list is "a program for a computer".
Engineers during World War Two test a model of a Halifax bomber in a wind tunnel, an invention that dates back to 1871.. The following is a list and timeline of innovations as well as inventions and discoveries that involved British people or the United Kingdom including predecessor states in the history of the formation of the United Kingdom.
Arthur Paul Pedrick (3 September 1918 – 15 August 1976) [1] was a prolific British inventor who filed for 162 United Kingdom patents between 1962 and his death in 1976 [2] or 1977. [3] His inventions were notable for their humour and almost complete lack of practical applicability.
Artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be legally named as an inventor to secure patent rights, the Supreme Court has ruled. In a judgment on Wednesday, the UK’s highest court concluded that “an ...
The Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom (often referred to as the UK IPO) is, since 2 April 2007, the operating name of The Patent Office. [1] [2] It is the official government body responsible for intellectual property rights in the UK and is an executive agency of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
James Goodfellow (born 1937) is a Scottish inventor. In 1966, he patented personal identification number (PIN) technology and an automated teller machine (ATM). [1] [2] He is generally considered the inventor of the modern ATM. [3] [4] Goodfellow was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, [3] where he later attended St Mirin's Academy. [5]
His attempt to register the patents was refused by Britain's Intellectual Property Office on the grounds that the inventor must be a human or AI cannot be patent 'inventor', UK Supreme Court rules ...
An artificial intelligence system can't be registered as the inventor of a patent, Britain's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that denies machines the same status as humans. The U.K.'s ...