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As of 2019, application of these decisions resulted in courts invalidating for patent ineligibility twice as many software patents as they sustained, and invalidating 25% more life science patents as upheld.

As of 2019, application of these decisions resulted in courts invalidating for patent ineligibility twice as many software patents as they sustained, and invalidating 25% more life science patents as upheld.

In 2022, prospects brightened for clarification of patent eligibility "in a case involving noisy driveshafts," because "[t]he US [[Solicitor General]] recommended [on May 24] that the justices step in to clarify how to determine whether or not an invention qualifies as one worthy of patent protection."<ref>https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/patent-eligibility-case-is-teed-up-for-next-supreme-court-term</ref>

In 2022, prospects brightened for clarification of patent eligibility "in a case involving noisy driveshafts," because "[t]he US [[Solicitor General]] recommended [on May 24] that the justices step in to clarify how to determine whether or not an invention qualifies as one worthy of patent protection."<ref>https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/patent-eligibility-case-is-teed-up-for-next-supreme-court-term</ref> But the Supreme Court denied [[cert]] in this case.

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