How can an applicant argue for integration into a practical application or significantly more?

Applicants can argue for patent eligibility by demonstrating that their claim integrates a judicial exception into a practical application or amounts to significantly more. The MPEP 2106.07(b) provides guidance:

“Applicant may argue that a claim is eligible because the claim as a whole integrates the judicial exception into a practical application or amounts to significantly more than the judicial exception when the additional elements are considered both individually and in combination.“

Key points for applicants to consider:

• Argue how additional elements meaningfully limit the judicial exception
• Demonstrate improvements to technology or technical fields
• Show how the invention improves computer functionality
• Explain how the combination of elements performs non-generic functions

Even if individual elements appear generic, their combination may still integrate the exception or amount to significantly more.

To learn more:

• practical application
• significantly more
• patent eligibility
• judicial exception