How does the USPTO treat ‘instruction limitations’ in method claims?
The USPTO extends the rationale from printed matter cases to method claims that include ‘instruction limitations’. According to MPEP 2112.01(III): “The court has extended the rationale in the printed matter cases, in which, for example, written instructions are added to a known product, to method claims in which ‘an instruction limitation’ (i.e., a limitation ‘informing’…
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