Boon and Bane of Inventive Concepts and Refined Claim Construction in the Supreme Court's Patent Precedents

The Supreme Court has taken US patent precedents to a higher level of development for adjusting it to the needs of in­ven­tions in emer­­ging technologies, such as life science / nano / business / communi­ca­­tions / informa­tion technologies, .... In any school of thinking a change to a higher level of deve­lop­ment causes friction representing boon and bane of this progress, here in patent precedents – enabling its efficient support by Advanced IT. This paper outlines both, boon and bane of this higher level of development of US patent precedents,  focusing on some most recent Supreme Court and CAFC decisions, which launch a legally and scientifically ground­breaking development for the sustainable innovativity of the US society and its economy.

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