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PTO Eliminates "Technological Arts" Requirement

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday October 17, 2005 @07:22AM from the patent-pending dept.

MdntToker writes to tell us that the Patent Board has issued an opinion which removes the existing procedure of rejecting patents under 35 U.S.C. 101 as outside of the "technological arts". From the article: "Our determination is that there is currently no judicially recognized separate "technological arts" test to determine patent eligible subject matter under 101. We decline to create one. Therefore, it is apparent that the examiner's rejection can not be sustained."

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first post by Anonymous Coward · 2005-10-17 07:23 · Score: -1, Troll

obligatory.
^_^ by Anonymous Coward · 2005-10-17 07:33 · Score: -1, Troll

LOL bye bye OSS!
Those of you who are on the AFUL patent maillist.. by Anonymous Coward · 2005-10-17 07:47 · Score: -1, Troll

... have already seen this news, posted, as always, by the very insightful Seth Johnson.
For those who are not on this mailing list, here is another article by Seth. Also, be sure to follow the link contained in the article, it's worthwhile!
my stuff is poetry compared to your sh*t by milktoastman · 2005-10-17 08:48 · Score: 0, Troll

You don't have what it takes, bot boy.