| Consequently, the question of patentability in every case may be reexamined in the courts. |
| A patent examiner reviews the patent application to determine if it meets the patentability requirements of that country. |
| Kappos, which centered on the patentability of business methods. |
| In Europe, a public disclosure is an absolute bar to patentability. |
| As a result we have both statutory exclusions from patentability and, where the words of the statute are insufficient, judicially derived exclusions. |
| However, the draft now allows for direct software patentability of computer programs, data structures and process descriptions. |
