Patentable Utility Inventions
Machines are defined as concrete things consisting of parts or certain devices that may be combined. Furnaces, copiers, cell phones and can-openers are all examples of machines.
Manufactures are created from raw or prepared materials that through some sort of production process (like hand labor or machinery) and are given new forms, qualities, properties or combinations. A paper clip is a manufacture, as is a wine bottle.
Now, what's a composition of matter? These are the result of a chemical union or a mechanical mixture between two or more substances. Paint is one such example. Even better, any therapeutic drug whether liquid or pill form is also considered a composition of matter.
Finally, we come to the processes. These involve actions, like a method or a series of steps. Purifying and sequencing DNA are processes that may be patented.
