I have worked with several AI/ML inventions. In the patent applications I am familiar with, the AI/ML components are often treated as black-boxes. Because the A

I have worked with several AI/ML inventions. In the patent applications I am familiar with, the AI/ML components are often treated as black-boxes. Because the AI/ML components of the system are not really novel. Not unlike how a processor or memory component doesn't contribute to novelty either. Also, the AI/ML parts of inventions I have seen are based on conventional/non-patentable AI/ML techniques. It is the combination of AI/ML components with other components, such as, the bits about managing the inputs, outputs, feedback loops, model selection/management, training optimizations, or the like, that make a patentable AI/ML invention. Further, IMO, it would be poor patent drafting to draft a patent application that relies on particular AI/ML techniques. If your AI/ML techniques are really novel and patentable, you should still draft the patent such that other AI/ML techniques could be substituted into the system as well as claiming the unique AI/ML technique.