Protection Of Inventions Derived From Machine Learning And Neural Networks

Machine learning has come a long way, from simple pattern recognition to beating the top professionals in the strategy board game Go. Machine learning has since seen its applications expand to various other fields such as in personal assistants like Siri, Alexa, Cortana and Google Now; in diagnosis of deadly diseases; self driving cars; developing pharmaceutical drugs; and many more. The technology is becoming ubiquitous due to its vast scope for applications which are being discovered every day. An emerging application of this technology is in the invention of newer technologies. Apart from the ethical and moral issues surrounding this technology, it is important to address the issue of the protection of inventions derived through this technology.