patentable subject matter

collocation in English

meaningsofsubjectandmatter

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subject
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/us
/ˈsʌb.dʒekt/
the thing that is being discussed, considered, ...
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matter
noun
uk
/ˈmæt.ər/us
/ˈmæt̬.ɚ/
a situation or subject that is being dealt with ...
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(Definition ofsubjectandmatterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, market potential is not a necessary, much less a satisfactory, condition to determining whether something comprisespatentablesubjectmatter.
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Gold and diamonds, while valuable, are notpatentablesubjectmatter, regardless of who first discovered them or how difficult those discoveries were.
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It was noted that somepatentablesubjectmatter can fail the test.
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Patentablesubject-matter considerations also intervene again at a secondary level, during the inventive step assessment.
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The invention question orpatentablesubject-matter question precedes the three further questions, which can not, and need not, be assessed if there is no invention.
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The non-technical features are the ones that are excluded from the realm ofpatentablesubject-matter as a matter of policy.
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The invention must concernpatentablesubjectmatter (section 101).
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Inventions must also fall into one of the five categories ofpatentablesubjectmatter found in the definition of invention above.
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Prometheus argued that all the steps in the claims had to be considered, and that the whole process was new and waspatentablesubjectmatter.
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A caveat was similar to a patent application with a description of an invention and drawings, but without examination forpatentablesubjectmatter and without a requirement for patent claims.
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