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35 U.S.C. 101: Inventions patentable

Taken from the Ninth Edition of the MPEP, Revision 10.2019, Last Revised in June 2020

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PART II - PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS AND GRANT OF PATENTS
CHAPTER 10 PATENTABILITY OF INVENTIONS

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35 U.S.C. 101 Inventions patentable.

Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.

(Public Law 112-29, sec. 33, 125 Stat. 284 (Sept. 16, 2011) provided a limitation on the issuance of patents (see AIA § 33 ).)