The PTO's 2001 Revised Utility Examination Guidelines For Gene Patent Applications...

Name: The PTO's 2001 Revised Utility Examination Guidelines For Gene Patent Applications...
Cite: 33 Seton Hall L. Rev. 127
Year: 2002
Bluebook cite: Cherylyn A.P Esoy, Note, The PTO's 2001 Revised Utility Examination Guidelines For Gene Patent Applications: Has the PTO Exceeded the Scope of Authority Delineated by the Court's Interpretation of a "Useful" Invention?, 33 Seton Hall L. Rev. 127 (2002).
Author: Cherylyn A.P Esoy
URL: 33 Seton Hall L. Rev. 127
Item Type: article
Summary: The article follows a history of the utility requirement. The article comments on the PTO's strict adherence to the credible, specific, and substantial utility requirement and further states that the Federal Circuit has since articulated a low standard of utility. The article recommends that the PTO discontinue this strict adherence.