The new guidelines emphasize that when evaluating a software patent application an examiner must apply a multi-faceted two-part test. Step 1, identify if the invention involves an abstract idea falling within a judicial exception to patentability. Step 2, if the invention involves an abstract idea, determine whether the entire invention is “directed to” an abstract idea. The invention is considered “directed to” an abstract idea if it does not have a practical application. If this hurdle is not overcome, then an examiner is to evaluate whether the application itself provides something more than an abstract idea under the second prong of the Alice/Mayo case law.
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