What types of things are patentable subject matter?
Anything that is within broad statutory categories of patentable subject matter — characterized by the Supreme Court as covering “anything under the sun made by man.” This clearly includes such things as software, methods of doing business and genetically altered lifeforms. A patent can be obtained on any patentable subject matter that is “Novel” (not subject to a “statutory bar”) and “Not Obvious”. See Protecting Your #1 Asset., pages 51-52 and 54-60. Go to top.
