US Patent Law - Section 101 (Subject Matter Eligibility)
In U.S. patent applications, many people struggle with § 101 rejection. Of course I’m one of them. As a personal memorandum, I’d like to leave some countermeasures to avoid § 101 rejection. This is merely my personal opinion and should be taken as such. Decision Flow First, the following is the basic flow for determining patent eligibility. MPEP §2106 Step 1 If the claim falls within one of the statutory categories (process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter), then it clears the first hurdle and proceeds to Step 2A. If not, it is deemed “ineligible subject matter” and the examination ends immediately. In Japan, program claims are accepted, but in U.S. applications, they need to be amended into something like computer-readable medium claims. ...