In addition, each patentability criterion will now need to be thoroughly examined.

The degree of complexity is not a criterion found in the Act or in the jurisprudence in determining patentability.

In verifying the compliance of the invention with the patentability criterion relating to "industrial applicability," the following shall be established:

In verifying the compliance of the invention with the patentability criterion relating to "industrial applicability," the following shall be established:

The Court also commented on the machine-or-transformation test, which had been devised by the lower court as a test for patent eligibility and used to reject the Bilski patent.

The machine-or-transformation test is a test of patent eligibility in United States patent law.

He underlined the patentability criteria as the most important factor to avoid abusive patents, and save the trouble of going into an opposition procedure.

In verifying the compliance of the claimed invention with the patentability criterion relating to "novelty," it shall be established whether the claimed invention constitutes part of the prior art.

Bringing the main patentability criteria of the European Patent Convention into Community law so that national courts can refer questions of interpretation to the European Court of Justice.