patentable subject matter
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 283 U.S. 664 - DeForest Radio Co. v. General Electric Co. · 1931Most cited · 321 citing opinions
It is method and device which may be patented and not the scientific explanation of their operation.
How often courts cite the case defining “patentable subject matter”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “patentable subject matter” — 321 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.