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In United States patent law, utility is a patentability requirement. [1] As provided by 35 U.S.C. § 101 , an invention is "useful" if it provides some identifiable benefit and is capable of use and "useless" otherwise. [ 2 ]
Patent applications can be filed at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Prior to June 7, 1995, the duration of a US utility patent was 17 years from patent issuance. Since that date, the duration of the US utility patent is 20 years from the earliest effective filing date.
Title 35 of the United States Code is a title of United States Code regarding patent law. The sections of Title 35 govern all aspects of patent law in the United States. There are currently 37 chapters, which include 376 sections (149 of which are used), in Title 35.
Patentable subject matter in the United States is governed by 35 U.S.C. 101. The current patentable subject matter practice in the U.S. is very different from the corresponding practices by WIPO/Patent Cooperation Treaty and by the European Patent Office, and it is considered to be broader in general.
J. E. M. Ag Supply, Inc. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., 534 U.S. 124 (2001), [1] was a decision of the United States Supreme Court holding for the first time that utility patents may be issued for crops and other flowering (sexually reproducing) plants under 35 U.S.C. § 101. [2]
United States v. Glaxo Group Ltd. 410 U.S. 52: 1973: Relation between patent law and antitrust law. Kewanee Oil v. Bicron: 416 U.S. 470: 1974: State trade secret law not preempted by patent law. Dann v. Johnston: 425 U.S. 219: 1976: Patentability of a claim for a business method patent (but the decision turns on obviousness rather than patent ...
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