About a week before the holidays, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office quietly published a trio of new subject matter eligibility examples directed to the abstract idea exception to patentability.

Examples of subjects studied by students in various grades and the final exams they’ll take this year. Most of the new, district-developed exams will be multiple-choice.

As discussed in a previous article, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently published new subject matter eligibility examples directed to the abstract idea exception to patentability under 35 ...