Ex parte Bowman

Ex Parte Bowman 61 U.S.P.Q.2d 1669 was a decision by the U.S. Board of [Patent Appeals and Interferences] which asserted that in order to be patent-eligible, a process had to involve or promote the technological arts. This decision was overruled by the Board's subsequent Ex [Parte Lundgren] decision, but the Board's and then the Federal Circuit's In re Bilski opinion then superseded Lundgren. In re Bilski, however, rejects use of "not in the technological arts" as a basis for a rejection, although it seems to accept the concept when differently named. Bilski was affirmed by the Supreme Court in Bilski v. Kappos.