Can you provide examples of analogous arts in patent examination?

Yes, the MPEP provides specific examples to illustrate the concept of analogous arts in patent examination:

For example, for search purposes, a tea mixer and a concrete mixer may both be regarded as relating to the mixing art, this being the necessary function of each. Similarly a brick-cutting machine and a biscuit cutting machine may be considered as having the same necessary function. (MPEP 904.01(c))

These examples demonstrate that inventions from seemingly unrelated fields can be considered analogous if they share a common essential function, such as mixing or cutting.

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