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The New USPTO Guidelines on Subject Matter Eligibility, Hoped to be a Step Forward

The New USPTO Guidelines on Subject Matter Eligibility, Hoped to be a Step Forward The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published new subject matter eligibility...

Diagnostic Peptide Panels Patent-Ineligible?

Oxford Immunotec Ltd. v. Qiagen, Inc. et al., pending in the U.S. District Court, D. Mass. (Case 1:15-cv-13124-NMG), likely has a long way to go before...

New Life Sciences Examples to Help Examiners (and Applicants) Interpret and Apply the Subject Matter Eligibility Analysis under 35 USC § 101 in View of SCOTUS and CAFC Case Law: Nothing Much New

 On May 6, 2016, the USPTO issued several documents (http://www.uspto.gov/patent/laws-and-regulations/examination-policy/2014-interim-guidance-subject-matter-eligibility-0), including new Subject Matter Eligibility Examples for Life Sciences (including one that is directed to...

Update: From USPTO Patent Eligibility Guidelines

This is an update from our newsletter of January 2015. On July 30, 2015, the USPTO issued an update regarding the 2014 Interim Guidance on...

Updated Mayo/Myriad/Alice Patent Eligibility Interim Guidance

On December 16, 2014, the USPTO finally issued updated and significantly revised Interim Guidance to the Examiners for examination of patent claims for patent eligibility,...

New Myriad/Mayo Patent Eligibility Guidance Delayed, but Will Probably Be Improved

Sources tell us that the estimated publication date of the revised Myriad/Mayo Guidance in the Federal Register is the week of November 17, 2014 (previously...

A Myriad of Natural Product Claims May Be Toast, With Extra Mayo: The USPTO issues new Examiner Guidance documents expanding the scope of patent-ineligibility

On March 4, 2014, the USPTO issued a document entitled “Guidance For Determining Subject Matter Eligibility Of Claims Reciting Or Involving Laws of Nature, Natural...

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