What are examples of pre-solution and post-solution activities?
Pre-solution and post-solution activities are types of insignificant extra-solution activities. The MPEP 2106.05(g) provides examples: Pre-solution activity: “A step of gathering data for use in a claimed process, e.g., a step of obtaining information about credit card transactions, which is recited as part of a claimed process of analyzing and manipulating the gathered information by…
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The MPEP 2106.05(g) provides several examples of activities that courts have found to be insignificant extra-solution activity: Mere Data Gathering: Performing clinical tests to obtain input for an equation Testing a system for a response, where the response is used to determine system malfunction Presenting offers to potential customers and gathering statistics about their responses…
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