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It’s Time for the AI Patent: The Case for an Artificial Intelligence Patent Category
ARTICLE By: Reinaldo Franqui Machin* Introduction The patent system has been instrumental to the United States’ technological development.[efn_note]See David Kline, Do Patents Really Promote Innovation?, THE MICHELSON INSTITUTE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (April 24, 2017), https://michelsonip.com/patents-really-promote-innovation/ (summarizing the positive influence patents have had on innovation in the United States).[/efn_note] A new trend in patent applications has