Section 101 Patent
It is important for inventors or commercial entities to obtain a section 101 patent because it gives them the right to exclude other individuals or entities from producing using or selling their patented inventions for a certain amount of time.
Section 101 patent. July 19 1952 ch. The draft language released today represents an. Patent act states that a patent may be obtained for new and useful processes machines manufactures and compositions of matter.
A section 101 patent refers to a type of patent issued to an inventor of a useful machine process manufacture or composition of matter. In spite of the broad wording of this section the supreme court has for many years held that there are exceptions to subject matter eligibility that are not set forth in that statute. See our new guidance on section 101 the page provides a summary of the federal circuit and supreme court cases that have analyzed the topic of patent subject matter eligibility under section 101 of the patent act.
Section 101 of the patent act is foundational to the patent system but recent court cases have upset what should be solid ground. One of the issues considered by the examiner is whether the invention described in the application is the right subject matter for protection under section 101 of the patent act. This statutory section states that patents may be granted on any new and useful process machine manufacture or composition of matter.