Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2025

Increased Clarity for Inventors: By eliminating judicial exceptions and providing a clear list of what is and isn't eligible, the bill addresses the "extensive confusion and a lack of consistency" currently faced by patent practitioners and owners (Section 2).

Broader Eligibility for Inventions: People who create useful processes, machines, manufactures, or compositions of matter can obtain patents regardless of whether some elements are considered conventional or routine (Section 3(c)(1)(B)).

Protection for Modified Biological Discoveries: Individuals who purify, enrich, or alter human genes or natural materials may still be eligible for patents, as these are no longer considered "unmodified" (Section 3(b)(2)(B) and (C)).

Support for Technical Innovations: Inventions that cannot practically be performed without a machine or computer are eligible for patent coverage, even if they relate to business or financial processes (Section 2(5)(E)(ii) and Section 3(b)(2)(A)).

Restrictions on Business and Social Methods: People attempting to patent processes that are "substantially economic, financial, business, social, cultural, or artistic" will be excluded unless the process requires a machine (Section 3(b)(1)(B)).

Limits on Natural and Mental Discoveries: Individuals cannot obtain patents for unmodified human genes, unmodified natural materials, or mental processes performed solely in the mind (Section 3(b)(1)(C), (D), and (E)).

Barriers for Simple Computer Integration: People cannot make a process eligible for a patent simply by adding a "non-essential reference to a computer" or including computer activity that is not necessary to perform the invention (Section 2(5)(E)(i) and Section 4(b)).