Aviral Goyal
Aligarh Muslim University
Abstract
This blog examines the Indian Patent Office’s April 2026 refusal of Dr. Stephen Thaler’s patent application naming the artificial intelligence system DABUS as the sole inventor under Application No. 202017019068. It analyzes the Controller’s statutory interpretation of Sections 2(1)(y), 6, 7, and 10 of the Patents Act, 1970, which restrict inventorship strictly to natural or […]