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USPTO Pending MPEP Update: Advance notice of change to the MPEP in light of Ex Parte Desjardins

Source: USPTO MPEP

Advance notice of change to the MPEP in light of Ex Parte Desjardins

USPTO identifies this publication as superseding current MPEP text until the MPEP is updated.

USPTO Source

Memorandum to the Examining Corps | 2025-12-05 | Effective 2025-12-05
USPTO source

MPEP Incorporation Status

USPTO MPEP version: Ninth Edition, Revision 01.2024 (current through 2024-01-31)
BlueIron's Update: 2026-09-26
Mapping basis: USPTO subsequent-publications index and linked source document reviewed by BlueIron

Affected BlueIron Pages

MPEP Sections

U.S.C. Sections

C.F.R. Sections

None identified.

Source Review

Identified USPTO change targets:
  • MPEP section: 2106.04(d) – Add subsection III discussion of Ex Parte Desjardins on technological improvement for subject matter eligibility.
  • MPEP section: 2106.04(d)(1) – Revise the second and last paragraphs addressing technological-improvement analysis.
  • MPEP section: 2106.05(a) – Revise the fourth and fifth paragraphs and add examples xiii and xiv in subsection I.
  • MPEP section: 2106.05(f) – Revise the ninth paragraph addressing the relationship between extra-solution activity and technological improvement.

Notes

Source review: the USPTO memorandum expressly identifies affected eligibility-analysis MPEP sections and states that its guidance supersedes the current MPEP until the MPEP is updated.

This BlueIron page records the pending USPTO update and cross-references affected BlueIron MPEP, U.S.C., and C.F.R. pages. Official MPEP text remains unchanged until USPTO incorporates the update.