The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that patents directed to the use of bank cards, rather than specially issued magnetic stripped card-tickets, in open-payment fare systems for mass transit networks are patent ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Smart … [Read more...] about Open-Payment Fare Systems for Mass Transit Networks Using Bank Cards Are Patent Ineligible Subject Matter
Message Publishing System Patent Invalid as Having Ineligible Patent Subject Matter
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the district court’s decision that EasyWeb’s patent claims on a message publishing system defined ineligible patent subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int'l, 134 S. Ct. 2347, 2355 (2014). … [Read more...] about Message Publishing System Patent Invalid as Having Ineligible Patent Subject Matter
Computer System Determining Orientation to Reference Defines Patent Eligible Subject Matter
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has held that computer system claims used in an inertial tracking system for tracking the motion of an object relative to a moving reference frame defines patent eligible subject matter under Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. section 101. The … [Read more...] about Computer System Determining Orientation to Reference Defines Patent Eligible Subject Matter
Indexed and Tagged Database Claims Are Patent Ineligible Subject Matter
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that patent claims defining an index used to locate desired information in a computer database, wherein the database index organizes information using a series of tags (category and domain tags) and wherein each record in the … [Read more...] about Indexed and Tagged Database Claims Are Patent Ineligible Subject Matter
Fed. Cir. Upholds Commodity Pricing Computer Program Patent as Being Patent Eligible Subject Matter
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a trial court decision finding that the computer software patent was patent eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. sec. 101 and affirmed the District Court’s decision. Trading Technologies Int’l Inc. v. CQG, Inc., Case No. … [Read more...] about Fed. Cir. Upholds Commodity Pricing Computer Program Patent as Being Patent Eligible Subject Matter
Hair Cut Patent – Ineligible Patent Subject Matter Under Section 101
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit expanded the scope of what is considered to be patent ineligible subject matter, denying patent status to a class of process-methods, relating to abstract ideas for a unique hair cutting patent and, in another appeal, for a unique card … [Read more...] about Hair Cut Patent – Ineligible Patent Subject Matter Under Section 101
Fed. Cir. Doubles Down on Computer Program Patent-Ineligible Subject Matter
In Re: Ray Smith, Amanda Tears Smith, 2015-1664 (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Available Here), involved a computer program configured as a method of conducting a wagering game. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that this claimed method of conducting a wagering game was drawn … [Read more...] about Fed. Cir. Doubles Down on Computer Program Patent-Ineligible Subject Matter
