New Patent Rules: Clarifying Invention Eligibility
This act aims to simplify and standardize patent granting rules, potentially making it easier for innovators to protect their inventions. Citizens developing new technologies, machines, or processes will have clearer guidelines on what can and cannot be patented. The changes seek to increase legal certainty and foster innovation across various fields.
Key points
Elimination of previous, unclear judicial exceptions that made it difficult to obtain patents for many inventions.
Clear definition of what can be patented (e.g., processes, machines, materials) and what is excluded (e.g., pure mathematical formulas, mental processes, unmodified human genes, business processes without machine use).
Simplification of the assessment of patent eligibility by focusing on the invention as a whole, rather than individual elements.
Introduced
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