Intellectual Property Law

Bilski decided

By McKee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C.

The decision is available here.  It adopts the "machine-or-transformation" test for patentable subject matter.  As stated by the majority:

The machine-or-transformation test is a two-branched inquiry; an applicant may show that a process claim satisfies § 101 either by showing that his claim is tied to a particular machine, or by showing that his claim transforms an article.

Click below for some quotes from the majority opinion.  We'll have a more complete analysis soon.

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Full post as published by FileWrapper on October 30, 2008 (boomark / email).