The USPTO updated and provided new material to assist applicants seeking patents in technologies being rejected as seeking to patent "abstract ideas." See the 2014 Interim Guidance on Subject Matter Eligibility in July 2015.
As stated: "the USPTO has issued the 2014 Interim Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility (Interim Eligibility Guidance) for USPTO personnel to use when determining subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. 101 in view of recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court, including Alice Corp., Myriad, and Mayo. The Interim Eligibility Guidance supplements the June 25, 2014 Preliminary Examination Instructions issued in view of Alice Corp. and supersedes the March 4, 2014 Procedure for Subject Matter Eligibility Analysis of Claims Reciting or Involving Laws of Nature/Natural Principles, Natural Phenomena, and/or Natural Products issued in view of Mayo and Myriad.
The USPTO has produced another update pertaining to subject matter eligibility "July 2015 Update: Subject Matter Eligibility in response to the public comment on the 2014 Interim Patent Eligibility Guidance. The July 2015 Update includes a new set of examples and discussion of various issues raised by the public comments, and is intended to assist examiners in applying the 2014 Interim Patent Eligibility Guidance during the patent examination process. The USPTO is now seeking public comment on the July 2015 Update."
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