STATUTORY SUBJECT MATTER
\stˈat͡ʃuːtəɹˌi sˈʌbd͡ʒɛkt mˈatə], \stˈatʃuːtəɹˌi sˈʌbdʒɛkt mˈatə], \s_t_ˈa_tʃ_uː_t_ə_ɹ_ˌi s_ˈʌ_b_dʒ_ɛ_k_t m_ˈa_t_ə]\
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Requirement for a utility patent . To qualify, an invention must fit into at least one of five categories defined in 35 United States Code, Section 101. These categories include: compositions of matter, manufactures, machines, processes, and new and useful improvements of any of the above categories. Taken together, these categories are called statutory subject matter.
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).