Parker v. Flook

Case Number: CLB0256

Date: 06.22.1978

Citation: 437 U.S. 584 (1978)

The Supreme Court holds that an invention which has no inventive concept other than the use of a mathematical algorithm is not patentable. The mathematical algorithm itself is treated as part of the prior art.

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35 U.S.C. § 101 mathematical algorithm patentable subject matter unpatentable principle
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