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'''Patentable subject matter''' is the patentability [[criterion]] which limits of what ''types'' of innovation can be patented.
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{{navbar vertical}}'''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'''.
 
In the [[USA]], when the context makes it obvious that patents are the topic, this is sometimes called '''statuary subject matter'''.
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* [[Software is math]] - math is generally considered non-patentable
 
* [[Storyline and fashion patents]]
 
* [[Storyline and fashion patents]]
 
* [[:Category:Non-patentable ideas]]
 
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Revision as of 02:27, 28 March 2010

Template:Navbar verticalPatentable 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.

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