Notice of Roundtables and Request for Comments Related to Patent Subject Matter Eligibility
The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") seeks public input on patent subject matter eligibility in view of recent decisions by the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The USPTO remains interested in feedback from members of the public to improve the USPTO's existing subject matter eligibility guidance and training examples. The USPTO is also interested in facilitating a discussion among members of the public regarding the legal contours of eligible subject matter in the U.S. patent system. The USPTO will be facilitating these discussions by hosting two roundtable events. The first roundtable will be directed to receiving feedback from members of the public to improve the USPTO's existing subject matter eligibility guidance and training examples. The second roundtable will be focused on receiving feedback regarding larger questions concerning the legal contours of eligible subject matter in the U.S. patent system. The roundtables will provide a forum for discussion of the topics identified in this notice.
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
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- Legacy system
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/10/17/2016-24888/notice-of-roundtables-and-request-for-comments-related-to-patent-subject-matter-eligibility (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- Fee
- Fee mentioned in title or summary (Confirmed in the document text)
- What you need (account or API key)
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- Published
- 2016-10-17
- Document type
- Notice
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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