Patent-Eligibility of Process Claims Under Section 101 of the Patent Act : Bilski v. Kappos.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judge-made law.

Circuit courts.

Machine-tool industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (13 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides background on previous Supreme Court precedent concerning patentable subject matter, in light of In re Bilski v. Kappos, which is currently on appeal to the Supreme Court. Summarizes Federal Circuit Court ruling in In re Bilski v. Kappos, stating that a process is patent-eligible under section 101 of the Patent Act if it is tied to a particular machine or apparatus, or if it transforms a particular article into a different state or thing.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Patent-Eligibility of Process Claims Under Section 101 of the Patent Act

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