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Machine-or-Transformation Test – Intellectual Property Outline

Intellectual Property

Machine-or-Transformation Test


The machine-or-transformation test says that a business process is patentable if either:

  1. It is tied to a particular machine or apparatus, or
  2. It transforms a particular article into a different state or thing