Lockhart IP

Built your product with AI? That could become a patent problem. U.S. patents still require a human inventor—so if AI created everything on its own, your invention may not qualify. The key is proving the human decisions: your prompts, refinements, and design choices could determine what’s actually patentable.

Nintendo’s Pokémon patent just got rejected—and the reason might surprise you. It wasn’t about being “too similar”… it was obviousness. If an expert could combine existing ideas to reach your invention, it’s not patentable. The broader your claims, the easier it is for prior art to take you down.