Patentable subject matter
From en.swpat.org
Patentable subject matter is the patentability criterion which limits of what types of innovation can be patented.
In the USA, when the context makes it obvious that patents are the topic, this is sometimes called statuary subject matter.
For example, in all or most countries, mathematical formulas are considered not to be patentable subject matter. Therefor, even if a mathematical formula fulfills the other criteria (it's new, it's original, it's useful), it cannot be patented.
The goal of anti-software-patent campaigns is to have definitions of patentable subject matter clearly exclude software ideas.
[edit] Related pages on en.swpat.org
- Storyline and fashion patents
- Category:Non-patentable ideas
- Choose your words - with suggestions for how to define patentable subject matter
[edit] External links
[edit] Per-country explanations
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