The evolution of patent system: invention created by artificial intelligence

With development and application of computer science research in depth, the invention created by Artificial Intelligence (AI) could fully achieve the standards of granting patents. The paradigm shift brought about by the scientific revolutions cannot be separated from the constraints of social systematic structure. Even if these inventions created by AI will not have an excessive impact to against our patent system, the general public's concerns about technology out of control have led to the continuous delay of patentability of the inventions created by AI. From the principle of interest balance to deal with these problems, it is only necessary to coordinate and resolve the legal relationship behind the inventions created by AI, and make appropriate adjustments through patent system. To give AI inventors the personality status through legal fiction will not only not destroy the ethics and rules of human society, but will be more conducive to stimulating the research and development of AI research and further promoting its industrialization. (C) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.