Nature-Based Food Products May Be Eligible for Patenting Under 35 U.S.C. § 101
PTAB Affirms §101 Rejection of Human Milk Product Claims
Patent Trial and Appeal Board Doubles Down on Natural Products Doctrine in Human Milk Case
PTAB Affirms § 101 Rejection of Synthetic Milk Sugar Mixture
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board recently affirmed the 35 U.S.C. § 101 rejection of patent claims for a mixture of three human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), finding the mixture to be ineligible for patenting
§ 101 Eligibility for Natural Product Inventions: How it All Went Wrong with Funk Brothers, and the PERA Solution
The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) is a Critically Needed, Balanced Solution for Maintaining U.S. Leadership
Cosmetics - Guidance, Law & Regulations - Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health
List of Ingredients Restricted in Cosmetic Products (amended list shall become effective from 1 October 2027)
PTAB Reverses §101 Rejection of Probiotic + Prebiotic Composition Claims
Patent Trial and Appeal Board Finds That Probiotic Formulation Is Not a Product of Nature
Open-sourced food production – the future of urban diets?
Scientists are developing open-source technologies that reward locally grown foods, cutting down on shipping and improving nutrition
Video Library: Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA) and 35 U.S.C. § 101
Video content for proposed legislation concerning patent eligible subject matter under US law
PTAB Reverses §101 Rejection of Cannabis Composition Claims
Patent Trial and Appeal Board Finds That Cannabis Delivery System Is Not a Natural Product
Prohibited & Restricted Ingredients in Cosmetics
Summary of cosmetic product ingredients that are prohibited or restricted by FDA regulations.
🥬 Still Avoid the Lettuce: What FDA's Walk-Back Does and Doesn't Mean | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland
Bottom Line Up Front: despite confused reporting and less than clear statements from FDA, Taylor Foods lettuce remains implicated in the Cyc
PTAB Affirms §101 Rejection of Psilocybin Composition, Post-Appeal Prosecution Results in Granted Patent
PTAB Finds that Psilocybin Formulation Is Not a Product of Nature, Further Prosecution Leads to Issued Patent
Ingredient Database | Deep-Researched Cosmetic Ingredients | Roots by Benda
Deep-researched cosmetic ingredient database — MoS calculations, SCCS citations, dermal absorption, sensitization data. Multi-jurisdiction regulatory status.
Regulatory Status of Color Additives
This database lists the status of color additives for use in foods, drugs, cosmetics, and some medical devices in the U.S. The list includes color additives permanently listed and those that once were provisionally listed, but then removed from the list (“delisted”) and are no longer permitted for use. This database will be updated periodically as amendments are made to the color additive regulations.
PTAB Reverses § 101 Rejection of Receptor-Derived Peptide Claims
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Reverses 35 U.S.C. § 101 Subject Matter Eligibility Rejection of Receptor-Derived Peptide Claims
“Open Source” Seeds Loosen Big Ag’s Grip on Farmers – World Sensorium / Conservancy
A handful of companies own the patents on virtually every seed planted in the US. Now, a new crop of unowned seeds is bringing biodiversity back to farming.
Plant-based meat has been relentlessly — and unfairly — attacked as “ultra-processed.” Can the industry save itself?
Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods are placing big, divergent bets on the future of meat. Who will win?
