---
title: "Advise on AI-assisted inventorship and copyrightability"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/prepare-an-issues-list-on-ai-generated-works-and-training-data/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A23-T1-R12-US"
practice_area: "Intellectual Property — Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright, Designs"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-09-23"
---

# Advise on AI-assisted inventorship and copyrightability

> Collect the human contributions and the AI steps the client describes into a chronology for the lawyer.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/prepare-an-issues-list-on-ai-generated-works-and-training-data/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-09-23

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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 | Collect the human contributions and the AI steps the client describes into a chronology for the lawyer. |
| What the lawyer must review | Apply the inventorship guidance (28 November 2025), which rescinds the 2024 notice Confirm only natural persons are named as inventors; never name an AI Open Copyright Office Part 2 (29 January 2025) for output copyrightability |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Prepare an issues list on AI-generated works and training data](https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/prepare-an-issues-list-on-ai-generated-works-and-training-data.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Collect the human contributions and the AI steps the client describes into a chronology for the lawyer.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 23 September 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## 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 2026-09-23)
- [U.S. Copyright Office, Copyright and Artificial Intelligence](https://www.copyright.gov/ai/) (checked 2026-09-23)

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