Need eligibility reform to solve confusion

[Emily G. Blevins, 8-3-22, Congressional Research Service Science and Technology Policy Analyst, Congressional Research Service, “Patents and Innovation Policy,” , accessed: 7-9-24, ES]]

In addition, an inconsistent application of eligibility standards might introduce enough uncertainty to the patent process that investors may view the potential financial rewards of securing patent rights as too risky to justify their investments. Such inconsistencies could have negative effects on innovation. As Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, asserted in 2022, “innovation cannot thrive in uncertainty.”