AIPLA Comments on Determining Whether a Claim Element is Well-Understood, Routine, Conventional for Purposes of Subject Matter Eligibility ("Berkheimer Memorandum")
August 13, 2018
AIPLA applauds the Office for publishing the Memorandum to promote uniform application of the guidance provided by the Federal Circuit in Berkheimer v. HP Inc. While we find the Memorandum to be helpful, we have a few suggestions on how it might be improved.
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