...what subject matter may a patent be granted? A. A patent may be granted to the inventor or discover of any new and useful process, machine, manufacture,...matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, or on any distinct and new variety of plant, other than a tuber-propagated plant, which is asexually reproduced,...

...deems sufficient, and on compliance with such regulations as he prescribes. 35 U.8.C. 101. Inventions patentable. Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or compostion of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject...

...statutory scheme and, for our purposes here, need no clarification." The pivotal 5 "§101. Inventions patentable "Whoever invents or discovers any new and...machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and...

...exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries." The statutory provision, 35 USC 101 is "Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process,...machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and...

...the public. Subject Matter Capable of Being Patented Section 101 of Title 35, US Code, provides that: "Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process,...machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and...

...performance of work under a NASA contract. • For purposes of the Clause, an invention is defined as any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement in a process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter. "Processes"...

...limited. The patent statute in 35 USC 101 broadly defines those inventions which are patentable as "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter or any new or useful improvement thereof." The term "process" under 35 USC 100(b), in turn, is defined...

...loss of right or whatever may be the ground of rejection. <• Section 101 reads : i 101. Inventions patentable Whoever Invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, situation thus presented to us is rather unique, the only comparable one in recent years that comes...

...exception **11| and the second exception as the "business method" exception. Section 101 reads: [HNS] Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process,...machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and...

...US Code. With respect to the first statutory requirement, 35 USC § 101 states that any person who "invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent. . ." subject to the conditions and requirements...