Evolution of the patent eligibility practice of nature-derived inventions in U.S. Patent System. Note: the red arrows demonstrate major policy shifts.
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Evolution of patentable subject matter eligibility in the USA.
Evolvement of the assessment of nature-derived inventions in U.S. Patent System. Note: the red arrows demonstrate the transformation from phase to phase. CCBY license from: Althabhawi, N.M.; Zainol, Z.A. The Patent Eligibility of 3D Bioprinting: Towards a New Version of Living Inventions’ Patentability. Biomolecules 2022, 12, 124. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom12010124