Patent Review Reference
A comprehensive reference library for patent review criteria organized across six families of analysis — from skilled-person assumptions through subject-matter eligibility and AI/ML considerations.
The Patent Criteria Resource Taxonomy functions as a master checklist for patent review. It collects legal factors, drafting considerations, jurisdiction-specific doctrines, and case-linked examples that can be used to assess prosecution readiness.
The taxonomy is organized into six families of criteria. Each family addresses a distinct dimension of patent analysis. Within each family, individual topics provide explanations, preserved source materials, and worked examples showing when criteria are met or not met.
You can explore the taxonomy by selecting any family below. Each detail page presents the criteria at a high level first, then allows you to open the underlying source material topic by topic without losing the original substance.
Select a family to explore the criteria, legal principles, and case examples that apply to that dimension of patent analysis.
Foundational Analysis
Defines the baseline knowledge, expectations, and technical context attributed to the relevant skilled person (PHOSITA). These topics shape how later sections evaluate support, predictability, experimentation, and obviousness.
Explore FamilySpecification Analysis
Addresses whether the application teaches the invention in a way that is legally and technically usable across the claimed scope. Covers operability, utility, plausibility, enablement, and classical sufficiency.
Explore FamilyClaim Analysis
Examines whether claims are supported by the specification and whether the applicant possessed the full scope of the invention at filing. Includes written description and claim breadth analysis.
Explore FamilyPatentability Analysis
Covers the legal and factual frameworks for assessing whether an invention represents a non-obvious advance over the prior art. Includes motivation to combine, reasonable expectation of success, and secondary considerations.
Explore FamilyThreshold Analysis
Functions as a threshold screen before review turns to sufficiency or inventive-step questions. Covers patentable and non-patentable subject matter, judicial exceptions, and technical contribution requirements.
Explore FamilySpecialized Analysis
Addresses specialized eligibility and patentability issues for inventions involving computational models, algorithms, or mathematically framed techniques. Emphasizes technical character and technical contribution.
Explore FamilyThis taxonomy draws from raw criteria materials developed through active patent practice and refined over time. It combines layered readability with preservation of underlying source depth — allowing readers to understand criteria at a high level first, then open the underlying source material topic by topic without losing the original substance.
Each topic includes expandable source material blocks containing preserved underlying criteria text, with examples of criteria met and not met drawn from case law and practice experience.
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