Post Bilski, only methods “tied to a particular machine or apparatus” or that “transform a particular article into a different state or thing” remain patent-eligible. One option to satisfy this “machine-or-transformation test” is to define a method so that it is tied to a device. An efficient way to accomplish this is to tie a…
Month: July 2009
Examples Of Responses To Enablement Rejections
Based on the number of requests I have received since my first post on enablement, I know that many of you have been waiting for this follow up. The following are a few examples employing the principles I discussed in my earlier post. A word of caution, as is the case with most technical (non-art)…