<s>
DABUS	B-General_Concept
(	O
Device	O
for	O
the	O
Autonomous	O
Bootstrapping	O
of	O
Unified	O
Sentience	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
(	O
AI	B-Application
)	O
system	O
created	O
by	O
Stephen	O
Thaler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
filing	O
of	O
patent	O
applications	O
designating	O
DABUS	B-General_Concept
as	O
inventor	O
has	O
led	O
to	O
decisions	O
by	O
patent	O
offices	O
and	O
courts	O
on	O
whether	O
a	O
patent	O
can	O
be	O
granted	O
for	O
an	O
invention	O
reportedly	O
made	O
by	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
17	O
September	O
2019	O
,	O
Thaler	O
filed	O
an	O
application	O
to	O
patent	O
a	O
"	O
Food	O
container	O
and	O
devices	O
and	O
methods	O
for	O
attracting	O
enhanced	O
attention	O
,	O
"	O
naming	O
DABUS	B-General_Concept
as	O
the	O
inventor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
21	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
IP	O
Australia	O
found	O
that	O
section	O
15(1 )	O
of	O
the	O
Patents	O
Act	O
1990	O
(	O
Cth	O
)	O
is	O
inconsistent	O
with	O
an	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
machine	O
being	O
treated	O
as	O
an	O
inventor	O
,	O
and	O
Thaler	O
's	O
application	O
had	O
lapsed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
European	O
Patent	O
Office	O
(	O
EPO	O
)	O
refused	O
two	O
European	O
patent	O
applications	O
naming	O
DABUS	B-General_Concept
as	O
inventor	O
on	O
similar	O
grounds	O
as	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
(	O
see	O
below	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thaler	O
filed	O
those	O
forms	O
naming	O
DABUS	B-General_Concept
as	O
the	O
inventor	O
and	O
explaining	O
in	O
some	O
detail	O
why	O
he	O
believed	O
that	O
machines	O
should	O
be	O
regarded	O
as	O
inventors	O
in	O
the	O
circumstances	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
§	O
1.181	O
stating	O
that	O
DABUS	B-General_Concept
should	O
be	O
the	O
inventor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
judge	O
and	O
Thaler	O
agreed	O
in	O
this	O
case	O
that	O
Thaler	O
himself	O
is	O
unable	O
to	O
receive	O
the	O
patent	O
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
DABUS	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
IPONZ	O
determined	O
that	O
DABUS	B-General_Concept
could	O
not	O
be	O
“	O
an	O
actual	O
devisor	O
of	O
the	O
invention	O
”	O
as	O
required	O
by	O
the	O
Patents	O
Act	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
this	O
must	O
be	O
a	O
natural	O
person	O
as	O
held	O
by	O
the	O
previous	O
patent	O
offices	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
24th	O
of	O
June	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
South	O
African	O
Companies	O
and	O
Intellectual	O
Property	O
Commission	O
(	O
CIPC	O
)	O
accepted	O
Dr	O
Thaler	O
's	O
Patent	O
Cooperation	O
Treaty	O
,	O
for	O
a	O
patent	O
in	O
respect	O
of	O
inventions	O
generated	O
by	O
DABUS	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
patent	O
granted	O
for	O
an	O
AI	B-Application
invention	O
.	O
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