---
title: "Check which natural persons are named as inventors on an AI-assisted application"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/check-named-inventors-on-an-ai-assisted-patent-application/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A23-B1-1-US"
practice_area: "Intellectual Property — Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright, Designs"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Check which natural persons are named as inventors on an AI-assisted application

> List each person named on the draft and each contribution described in the invention record. Write no oath and name no inventor.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Intellectual Property — Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright, Designs](https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | List each person named on the draft and each contribution described in the invention record. Write no oath and name no inventor. |
| What the lawyer must review | You decide who is named. The USPTO's revised inventorship guidance of 28 November 2025: only natural persons can be inventors, an AI system cannot be named as an inventor or joint inventor, and the February 2024 inventorship guidance is rescinded. 35 U.S.C. § 115 requires the application to name the inventor and, except as provided, each inventor to execute an oath or declaration. A willful false statement in that declaration is punishable under 18 U.S.C. § 1001. The April 2024 AI guidance: if AI use is material to patentability, including evidence that a named inventor did not contribute because an AI system did, it is disclosed under 37 CFR § 1.56. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Check named inventors on an AI-assisted patent application](https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/check-named-inventors-on-an-ai-assisted-patent-application.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List each person named on the draft and each contribution described in the invention record. Write no oath and name no inventor.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Joint inventorship among natural persons still uses the ordinary inventorship rules. The November 2025 guidance says the Pannu factors are for that question.
- A priority claim to a foreign application that names an AI tool as sole inventor will not be accepted. Read the guidance before claiming priority.

## Sources

- [USPTO, Revised Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions (28 November 2025)](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/28/2025-21457/revised-inventorship-guidance-for-ai-assisted-inventions) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [35 U.S.C. § 115 (inventor's oath or declaration)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/35/115) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [USPTO, Guidance on Use of Artificial Intelligence-Based Tools in Practice Before the USPTO (11 April 2024)](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/11/2024-07629/guidance-on-use-of-artificial-intelligence-based-tools-in-practice-before-the-united-states-patent) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [PTO/AIA/14 application data sheet for a utility or design application](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/us-ads-aia-14.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to application data sheet PTO/AIA/14. The fillable PDF is marked PTO/AIA/14 (03-26) and approved for use through 11/30/2027. The forms index still prints 01/2022.… |
| [Invention disclosure and confidentiality record (before a patent filing)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/invention-disclosure-and-confidentiality-record.md) | Form | Yellow | A form inventors complete before a patent application: the problem and solution, how it works and variations, contributors and their employers, AI tools used, prior art known, every disclosure made… |
| [PTO/AIA/01 inventor declaration for a utility or design application](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/us-aia-01-declaration.md) | Form | Red | Link to PTO/AIA/01, the inventor's declaration under 37 CFR 1.63 for a utility or design application that uses an application data sheet. A willful false statement is punishable under 18 U.S.C. 1001. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*