Biotechnology Patent Prosecution in View of PTO's Utility Examination Guidelines

Name: Biotechnology Patent Prosecution in View of PTO's Utility Examination Guidelines
Cite: 83 J. Pat. & Trademark Off. Soc'y 451
Year: 2001
Bluebook cite: J. Timothy Meigs, Biotechnology Patent Prosecution in View of PTO's Utility Examination Guidelines, 83 J. Pat. & Trademark Off. Soc'y 451 (2001).
Author: J. Timothy Meigs
URL: 83 J. Pat. Trademark Off. Socy 451
Item Type: article
Summary: The article goes through the history of utility: the Constitution, case law, 1995 Guidelines, and 2001 Guidelines. The article also applies the utility guidelines to biotechnology and breaks down each generation of the gene sequence and how that particular sequence has held up under the utility standard.