...justified, and consequently call for a wider definition of patentability as provided by US legislation ('any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof . . .', 35 USC Sec. 101; emphasis added). 8. Are these feared...

...States Patent and Trademark Office Web site tells us what it takes for an innovation to be patentable: Any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof (from http://www. uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/what.htm...

...that the invention constitutes patentable subject matter. 59 Patentable subject matter is defined as "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof." 60 In a series of cases the US judiciary has interpreted this...

...patent for an idea or mere suggestion. Patents are granted to people who (claim to) "invent or discover any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof," to quote the essence of the US statute governing patents....

...introduces the concept of obviousness. 5. 35 USC 101: CONCEPTS OF NEW AND USEFUL Section 101 states, "Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process,...and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefore, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title." Patent law thus sets forth statutory...

...Costs Before Extending the Scope of Patentable Subject Matter. Section 101 of the Patent Act slates, "Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process,...useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent."" Despite this broad mandate, courts have long held certain types of inventions unpatentable. Traditional...

...the conditions under which a patent may be obtained. In the language of the statute, any person who "invents or discovers any new and useful process,...useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent," subject to the conditions and requirements of the law. The word "process" is defined by law as a process,...

...technisch sind. Es werden keine beherrschbaren Naturkräfte zur Problembewältigung eingesetzt. Sie 270 „Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful...machine, manufacture, or composition of matter or any new und useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent thereof, subject to the conditions and...

...A filing fee What Can Be Patented? According to the US Patent and Trademark Office, any person who "invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvements thereof, may obtain a patent." What Cannot Be Patented? In order for...

...anyone who 'invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine ... or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor'. Patent prosecution begins with the filing of an application in the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)...