MPEP Q&A 240: What is an example of a situation that does not define ‘substantial utilities’? - a podcast by Lisa Parmley, USPTO Patent Practitioner #51006
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Question: What is an example of a situation that does not define “substantial utilities”: Answer: The following are examples of situations that do not define “substantial utilities”: (A) Basic research such as studying the properties of the claimed product itself or the mechanisms in which the material is involved; (B) A method of treating an unspecified disease or condition; (C) A method of assaying for or identifying a material that itself has no specific and/or substantial utility; (D) A method of making a material that itself has no specific, substantial, and credible utility; and (E) A claim to an intermediate…
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