Mayo v. Prometheus
Section 101 of the Patent Act defines patentable subject matter. The statute says the following: “Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition or…
PTO interim guidelines on subject matter eligibility
The PTO has issued a guidance memo titled “2012 Interim Procedure for Subject Matter Eligibility Analysis of Process Claims Involving Laws of Nature” which can be found at the uspto.gov…
Myriad Genetics
In Myriad Genetics, Inc., (decided June 13, 2013), the Supreme Court held that genes and the information that they encode are not patent subject matter under section 101, even when…