04-Patentable Subject Matter 35 USC §101

Patentable Subject Matter 35 USC § 101 Kristine H. Johnson MacMillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC [email_address]

What Can Be Patented? ,[object Object],new and useful “ whoever invents or discovers any process, machine, manufacture or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvements thereof, may obtain a patent.”

What Can Be Patented? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Some Examples ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Non-Patentable Subject Matter ,[object Object],[object Object],Discovery of new principle, force or law of operating on matter However, their application usually is patentable Abstract Ideas or Theories

Policy Behind Utility Requirement ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Utility Standard ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Abstract Idea v. Applied Idea ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ Utility” is ordinarily easy to assert ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Hand-waving not acceptable to prove utility ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Sufficient Utility ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Insufficient Utility ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

U.S. Supreme Court 35 USC § 101 Bilski v. Kappos , No. 08-964, 561 U.S. ___ (2010)

Bilski - Procedural History ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Bilski Ruling of the Supreme Court ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Bilski - Majority Opinion ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Bilski “Machine or Transformation” Test ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Bilski “Machine-or-Transformation” Test ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Bilski on Business Methods ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Bilski – Justice Kennedy’s Opinion ,[object Object],[object Object]

Bilski – Justice Stevens’ Opinion ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Bilski - Justice Breyer’s Opinion ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Bilski - USPTO Memo to Examiners ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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04-Patentable Subject Matter 35 USC §101

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