ISTANBUL Japan’s Supreme Court has ruled that only a human can be recognized as an inventor under the country’s patent law, rejecting an appeal that sought to list an artificial intelligence (AI) system as the creator of an invention, local media reported Friday. In a decision issued Wednesday, the court’s Second Petty Bench dismissed a lawsuit filed by a US engineer who challenged the rejection of his patent application by Japan’s Patent Office, according to The Japan News. The court upheld