The USPTO is requiring inventors to be natural persons, this excludes corporations. In the US, corporations can be patent applicants but the inventors must be n

The USPTO is requiring inventors to be natural persons, this excludes corporations. In the US, corporations can be patent applicants but the inventors must be natural persons. DAOs still have shareholders - any AI they may have seems like it is limited to operational decision making. The DAO may own assets on behalf of its shareholders but the AI doesn't own anything. Until AIs have recognized rights that include property rights, AIs cannot own anything.