Today, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision holding that method claims for applying a law of nature using merely conventional steps are not eligible for patent protection. While the Court’s reasoning in this decision has a dramatic impact on the patentability of various innovations in the life sciences, its scope extends far beyond that field. The ramifications of the decision will be significant for fields such as software engineering, information science, chemistry and electrical engineering.

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