<translate> Tukiangalia mfano mwingine, mwaka wa 2021 Afrika Kusini ilitoa mfumo wa AI, ambao ulizalisha uvumbuzi, haki za hataza. Programu iliorodhesha mfumo wa AI, unaoitwa DABUS, kama mvumbuzi, na mmiliki wa mashine, Stephen Thaler, kama mmiliki wa hataza. Ofisi ya Hataza na Alama ya Biashara ya Marekani USPTO na Ofisi ya Hakimiliki ya Ulaya EPO zote zilikataa ombi hilo kwa misingi kwamba sheria zao za hataza zinatambua na kuhitaji kwamba mvumbuzi awe mtu wa kawaida. Ingawaje, inapaswa kuzingatiwa, kwamba Afrika Kusini haitoi uchunguzi rasmi na badala yake inahitaji tu waombaji kukamilisha tu uwasilishaji wa uvumbuzi wao wa haki za hataza kutolewa. <eng>
Looking at another example, in 2021 South Africa granted an AI system, that produced an invention, patent rights. The application listed an AI system, called DABUS, as the inventor, and the machines owner, Stephen Thaler, as the patent owner. The United States Patent and Trademark Office USPTO and The European Patent Office EPO both rejected the application on the grounds that their patent laws recognise and require that an inventor be a natural person. It is worth noting, though, that South Africa does not offer formal examination and instead only requires applicants to merely complete a filing for their invention for patent rights to be awarded. 