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Note: Patentability Of 3d Printed Biomaterials, Nicole Barba
Note: Patentability Of 3d Printed Biomaterials, Nicole Barba
Notre Dame Journal on Emerging Technologies
The Congressional criteria for patentability, detailed in 35 U.S.C §§101-03, states that an invention must be novel, useful, and nonobvious. In addition to these requirements, the Judiciary requires that the invention not be classified as a law of nature, natural phenomenon, or abstract idea. The purpose of each of these criterion is to ensure that patents are granted only to inventions that “promote the Progress of . . . useful Arts.” As new technologies emerge, it is unclear whether these judicially created criteria still serve that purpose or whether the criteria are overly expansive such that truly useful inventions are …