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Patent Office Extends Comment Period for Interim Examination Guidelines for Patentable Subject Matter
Following up on a previous posting regarding the Patent Office’s request for comments on its Interim Guidelines for Patentable Subject Matter, the Patent Office has now extended the previous 11 day period in which to submit comments to 30 days from the publication date of the Notice. The new deadline to submit comments is now October 17, 2009.
These interim guidelines are intended to aid Examiners in analyzing whether the claims in a patent application are directed to patentable subject matter. Again, it should be emphasized that these are merely interim guidelines, and it is likely that these guidelines will change depending on the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Bilski case.