How do you read a patent and what subject matter is patentable? What is the purpose of a patent? Who is an inventor on the patent if work is done by many people on the project? What is the process of obtaining a patent in my country and globally? Read this chapter to see how you could lose commercialization rights to your own invention. When exactly does an invention or idea become patentable? Once you own a patent, how can you make money from it? What is the process of licensing and the key terms that should be negotiated in such a license agreement? What is the use of a copyright or a trade secret in biotech? What exactly constitutes patent infringement ? These questions and many others are addressed in this chapter on intellectual property.

As the use of AI grows ever more prevalent and sophisticated, the issuesof the patentability of AI will need be addressed by the US Congress, USPTO, and the courts. While the questions raised with respect to patenting AI have been debated and are now being considered more broadly, few have been definitively answered. Early address and resolution of these issues will allow patent law to keep pace with the new tide of AI-related technologies and inventions.