What is patentable?

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July/August 2005 (vol. 25 no. 4) pp. 7-9

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	@article{ 10.1109/MM.2005.78, author = {Phillip G. Emma}, title = {What is patentable?}, journal ={IEEE Micro}, volume = {25}, number = {4}, issn = {0272-1732}, year = {2005}, pages = {7-9}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MM.2005.78}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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Phillip G. Emma

In deciding what is patentable, the Patent and Trademark Office in the US sets criteria that is not necessarily easy to understand, including that the item be new or novel, that it be "useful" and that it be "nonobvious." Philip G. Emma weeds through this criteria in an attempt to make sense of it all and to help inventors decide whether it's worth filing a patent.

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Patent, invention, Patent and Trademark Office, method claim, apparatus claim

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Phillip G. Emma, "What is patentable?," IEEE Micro, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 7-9, July/Aug. 2005, doi:10.1109/MM.2005.78

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