李新芝     秦海鸥

内容提要：最新案例表明，美国联邦最高法院在2005年以后，基于对科技工具、公共政策和应对专利流氓的考量，借助于对专利适格性的三个例外性解释，将之前通常可作为授权主题的商业方法、疾病诊断/检测方法以及分离的基因片段等极大排除在可授权主题的范围之内。

关 键 词：专利   适格性   科技工具   公共政策   专利流氓  

Abstract: This article shows by the recent cases that after 2005, the Supreme Court of the U.S. relying on the three exceptional explanations excludes some business methods、disease diagnosis/detection methods and separated gene fragments from patentable subject matter, which is based on the consideration of research tool、public policy and the fighting with Patent Troll.

Key Words: patent; patentability; research tool; public policy; Patent Troll