CHAPTER 10 Outline

• Jurisdiction: United States

CHAPTER 10

The Utility Requirement

§10.01 Statutory Basis: 35 U.S.C. §101

§10.02 Practical/Real-World Utility

§10.03 Historical Development

[A] Justice Story's Standard

[B] Brenner v. Manson (U.S. 1966)

§10.04 Federal Circuit Examples

[A] Chemical Compounds

[B] Methods of Treating Disease

[C] Genetic Inventions

§10.05 USPTO Examination Guidelines on Utility

§10.06 Inoperability

[A] Examples of Inoperable Inventions

[B] Inoperable Species Within a

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