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IPO Submits Commentary on USPTO Bilski Interim Guidance

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By James DeGiulio -- On July 27, 2010, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published Interim Guidance for Determining Subject Matter Eligibility for Process Claims in View of Bilski v. Kappos in the Federal Register, which provided examiner guidelines for process claim eligibility in light of the Supreme Court's Bilski decision. For a summary of the Interim Guidance, see "USPTO Issues Memo to Examiners on Bilski Decision." In a Sepember 27 letter by Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) president Doug Norman, the IPO generally declares its support for the Interim Guidance issued by the USPTO, projecting that it will be...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on October 07, 2010 (boomark / email).