transformer-patent-title-and-issue-date
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The Transformer patent (US 10,452,978) was issued on 2019-10-22, titled 'Attention-based sequence transduction neural networks,' assigned to Google LLC, and names all eight authors.
Summary
This pins down the exact identity and key details of the patent that legally covers the Transformer architecture — when it was granted, who owns it, what it's called, and who is credited as inventors. It serves as the anchor fact that any downstream reasoning about patent ownership, prior art, or inventor attribution in this system must check against.