Processes Must Be Tied to Machine or Transformation Matter to be Patent-Eligible in the United States

In re Bilski, 545 F.3d 943, Federal Circuit, 30 October 2008 (en banc). ‘Machine-or-transformation’ is the only governing test for determining the patent eligibility of processes in the United States. Legal context Since State Street Bank & Trust Co. v Signature Financial Group, Inc., 149 F.3d 1368, 1373 (Fed. Cir. 1998) the US patent system […]