The Federal Circuit Limits The Scope Of Patentable Subject Matter For Mental Processes And Signals
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The Federal Circuit Limits The Scope Of Patentable Subject Matter For Mental Processes And Signals
On September 20, 2007, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its decision in In re Stephen W. Comisky, No. 2006-1286 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 20, 2007). This decision limits the arguable scope of the State Street Bank decision by requiring a pure mental process be connected to a machine (e.g., a computer) in order for a claim to recite subject matter that can be patentable, under the so-called section 101. As a result of this decision, patent drafters and inventors of menta...
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