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What can courts say is not patentable in the US?

Abstract ideas and laws of nature.

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Why: US courts have decided that abstract ideas, natural phenomena, and laws of nature are not patentable.

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That idea is too abstract to patent.
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Answer: Abstract ideas and laws of nature. US courts have decided that abstract ideas, natural phenomena, and laws of nature are not patentable.

  1. Invention en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention
    abstract ideas, natural phenomena and laws of nature are not patentable
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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