What factors does the USPTO consider when deciding whether to grant a patent application?

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When you apply for a patent in the US for your invention, you should be aware of the criteria that USPTO considers for approving an issued patent. It gives you an idea whether your invention is patentable or not.

Let us discuss some of the significant criteria that your patent application should fulfill to be approved.

Subject Matter Eligibility

The USPTO first reviews if your invention qualifies for the Subject Matter Eligibility criteria. You can apply for a patent for most inventions except a few. There are some exceptions. You can apply for patents for a machine, process, software, business methods etc. You can also apply patents for certain biological materials. But you cannot apply for the patents such as schemes, mathematical algorithms, principles, theory, etc.

IPExcel will guide you in what factors does the uspto consider when deciding whether to grant a patent application.

Novelty

Your application may not be patentable for the invention already in the public domain. USPTO conducts a novelty search of your innovation while examining the patent application. So, you need to sign a confidentiality agreement before disclosing anything about your invention to anyone.

Non-Obviousness

USPTO rejects patent applications for the invention which is obvious the people skilled in the same domain. In other words, it should not be very apparent change or improvement of the existing knowledge.

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