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USPTO issues interim instructions to examiners for evaluating patent-eligible subject matter

By Jim Singer

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This week the USPTO issued Interim Examination Instructions to its patent examining corps for evaluating subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. §101 while the Supreme Court’s review in Bilski v. Kappos is pending. The Instructions include a flowchart that examiners are encouraged to use for evaluating patent-eligibility of process claims. The Instructions apply the “machine or [...]

Full post as published by IP Spotlight on August 25, 2009 (boomark / email).

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