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Illustrating The New USPTO Guidance With A Flowchart

By Stephen Glazier (January 14, 2019, 3:15 PM EST) -- On Jan. 7, 2019, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published the 2019 revised patent subject matter eligibility guidance, regarding Section 101 and the test for "directed to an abstract idea." The guidance applies to all applications, and patents for applications, filed before, on or after Jan. 7, 2019. The guidance simplifies and makes more predictable the case law concepts of "an abstract idea" and of a claim "directed to" an abstract idea....

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