What are examples of claims that may qualify for streamlined eligibility analysis?

Claims that may qualify for streamlined eligibility analysis are those where eligibility is self-evident and do not attempt to tie up judicial exceptions. MPEP 2106.06(a) provides several examples:

• A complex manufactured industrial product or process with meaningful limitations alongside a judicial exception
• A robotic arm assembly with a control system using certain mathematical relationships
• An artificial hip prosthesis coated with a naturally occurring mineral
• Products with ancillary nature-based components, such as a cellphone with gold electrical contacts or a plastic chair with wood trim

The MPEP states:

“For instance, a claim directed to a complex manufactured industrial product or process that recites meaningful limitations along with a judicial exception may sufficiently limit its practical application so that a full eligibility analysis is not needed.”

These examples illustrate cases where the claims clearly do not attempt to monopolize a judicial exception and thus can be quickly determined as eligible through the streamlined analysis.

To learn more:

• streamlined analysis examples
• self-evident eligibility
• judicial exceptions
• patent claims