MPEP Q&A 264: How do examiners evaluate integration into a practical application? - a podcast by Lisa Parmley, USPTO Patent Practitioner #51006
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Question: How do examiners evaluate integration into a practical application? Answer: Examiners evaluate integration into a practical application by: (1) identifying whether there are any additional elements recited in the claim beyond the judicial exception(s); and (2) evaluating those additional elements individually and in combination to determine whether they integrate the exception into a practical application. Many of these considerations overlap, and often more than one consideration is relevant to analysis of an additional element. Chapter Details: The answer to this question can be found in chapter 2100 of the MPEP. This chapter covers Patentability. The answer is from the…
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