In its infinite wisdom, the Supreme Court has decreed that to determine whether a claimed invention contains patent eligible subject matter requires a more in-depth inquiry than the statute requires.

Also called an "abstract superclass," in object technology, it is a class created as a master structure. No objects of an abstract class are created, rather subclasses of the abstract class are ...

In spite of tremendous increases in the number of graduate scientists and engineers and in the amount spent for research and development, the number of applications for patents filed in this country ...