 Patent Law Weblog By Kevin E. Noonan -- The evolution of subject matter eligibility after the Supreme Court's decisions in Prometheus v. Mayo, Alice v. CLS Bank, and Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics has resulted in a regime of predictable unpredictability and certain uncertainty (a recent cogent treatment of the phenomenon in computer science technology patenting can be found in "The Narrow Pathway to Patent Eligibility in the Federal Circuit"). The situation is reminiscent of the state of obviousness in mid-Twentieth century prior to enactment of § 103 of the patent statute, when whether a patented invention was protected was a...
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