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Statutory subject matter

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004690

The types of inventions or discoveries that are eligible for patent protection as defined by statute. In the United States, this includes processes, machines, manufactures, and compositions of matter, as well as improvements to these categories. Abstract ideas, laws of nature, and natural phenomena are generally excluded.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004690
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-004690",
  "term": "Statutory subject matter",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The types of inventions or discoveries that are eligible for patent protection as defined by statute. In the United States, this includes processes, machines, manufactures, and compositions of matter, as well as improvements to these categories. Abstract ideas, laws of nature, and natural phenomena are generally excluded.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/statutory-subject-matter/"
}

Record 4,782 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.