| Computer-related inventions and Business methods |
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Business methods
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•White Paper on Automated Financial or Management Data Processing Methods (Business Methods)(2000) |
| Reexamination |
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Exam guide: re In re Portola Packaging , Inc
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•Guidelines for Reexamination of Cases in View of In re Portola Packaging, Inc., 110 F.3d 786, 42 USPQ2d 1295 (Fed. Cir. 1997)(1999) |
| 35 U.S.C. 101 - Subject Matter Eligibility |
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August 2009: Exam Instructions, Interim
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•Interim Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Examination Instructions (August 24, 2009) [PDF] |
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Exam guide, Interim
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•Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications for Patent Subject Matter Eligibility (2005) |
| 35 U.S.C. 101 - Utility |
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Exam guide
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•Utility Examination Guidelines (2000) [PDF] |
| 35 U.S.C. 102 - Novelty |
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Exam guide
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•Examination Guidelines for 35 U.S.C. §102(e)(2), as amended by the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999 (2000) |
| 35 U.S.C. 103 - Obviousness |
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Examination Guidelines (KSR)
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•Examination Training Materials in view of KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 82 USPQ2d 1385 (2007) |
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Rejections: Computer-implemented business methods
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•Formulating and Communicating Rejections under 35 U.S.C. 103 for Applications Directed to Computer-Implemented Business Method Inventions (2000) |
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Exam guide: Chemical compositions
Exam guide, interim: Chemical compositions
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•Guidelines for the Examination of Claims Directed to Species of Chemical Compositions Based Upon a Single Prior Art Reference (1998) |
| 35 U.S.C. 112, First Paragraph - Written Description |
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Exam guide
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•Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶1, "Written Description" Requirement (2000) [PDF] |
| 35 U.S.C. 112, Sixth Paragraph - "Means or Step-plus-function" - Claim limitation - element (structure, material or acts) recited as a means or step for performing a function that is adequately described elsewhere in the application (summary, specification, original claims, abstract & drawings) and clearly associated within that function's description. |
| Exam guide, supplemental |
•Supplemental Examination Guidelines for Determining the Applicability of 35 U.S.C. §112, para. 6 (2000) |
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Exam guide, interim supplemental
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•Interim Supplemental Examination Guidelines for Determining the Applicability of 35 U.S.C. § 112, para. 6 (1999) |
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Exam guide: Means or Step-plus-function claims
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•Examination Guidelines for Claims Reciting a "Means or Step Plus Function" Limitation in Accordance with 35 U.S.C. § 112, 6th (1994) [PDF] |
