This week in patent law class

  • This week in patent law class: Left my students confused after discussing Benson, Flook, Chakrabarty, Diehr, and Bilski. I’m somewhat confused as well.
  • Traditionally, a patentee could seek reissue to correct problematic claims if the problems were created “through error without any deceptive intention.”  The new patent act eliminates the “without any deceptive intention” limitation. What’s the impact?

-Dennis Crouch