| | :This exclusion is imposed at the threshold, before it is determined whether the excluded process is new, non-obvious, enabled, described, particularly claimed, etc.; that is, before the new process is examined for patentability. For example, we do not know whether the Bilski process would be found patentable under the statutory criteria, for they were never applied. | | :This exclusion is imposed at the threshold, before it is determined whether the excluded process is new, non-obvious, enabled, described, particularly claimed, etc.; that is, before the new process is examined for patentability. For example, we do not know whether the Bilski process would be found patentable under the statutory criteria, for they were never applied. |
| − | The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] granted ''[[certioriari]]'' in this case on June 1, 2009. | + | The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] granted ''[[certiorari]]'' in this case on June 1, 2009. |