Subject Matter Eligibility

Question 1

Alice/Mayo Test

Answer 1

Step 1: claim directed to process, machine, article of manufacture, composition of matter

Step 2: 2 part analysis for claims directed to laws of nature, natural phenomena, abstract ideas (judicial exceptions)

Step 2a: determine if claim directed to judicial exception
Step 2b: determine whether any element/combo of elements in claim sufficient to ensure claim as whole amounts to significantly more than judicial exception

Question 2

Case Law

Answer 2

• DDR

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