USPTO-Memorandum: Guidance for Examining Process Claims in view of In re Bilski
10. März 2009 | Von Dr. Martin Meggle-Freund | Kategorie: Leitsätze
Dr. Martin Meggle-Freund
Im Hinblick auf die Entscheidung “In re Bilski” plant das USPTO eine Anpassung der Examination Guidelines. Die Anpassung betont den von der Bilski-Entscheidung in der Vordergrund gestellten sog. “machine and transformation test“.
USPTO: Guidance for Examining Process Claims in view of In re Bilski
Aus dem Memorandum:
“There are two corollaries to the machine-or-transformation test. First, a mere field-of-use limitation is generally insufficient to render an otherwise ineligible method claim patent- eligible. This means the machine or transformation must impose meaningful limits on the method claim’s scope to pass the test. Second, insignificant extra-solution activity will not transform an unpatentable principle into a patentable process. This means reciting a specific machine or a particular transformation of a specific article in an insignificant step, such a data gathering or outputting, is not sufficient to pass the test.”
(Gefunden über: The 271 Patent Blog)
