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US Patent Law, patentability, Laws of nature, Myriad, USPTO

The US patent system (still) requires more than the laws of Nature…

By Frédérique FAIVRE PETIT, Partner

US patent law is probably one of the most lenient in the world: it provides for no exclusion in principle and requires solely that an invention must be, as a first condition, useful (within the meaning of 35 USC 101) before it is examined from the viewpoint of "conventional" patentability criteria such as novelty and inventive step.

Published on: 28th Jul 2014

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Patentability of Biological Material

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