The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a district court decision finding that certain patent claims were not patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l, 134 S. Ct. 2347, 2355 (2014). The patent related to a “self-evolving generic index” … [Read more...] about Self-evolving Generic Database Index Using Historical Usage Information Not Patent Eligible 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
Determining Patent Subject Matter Eligibility (or Ineligibility), PTO Must Consider All Limitations
The USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) overruled a patent examiner’s rejection under 35 U.S.C. sec. 101 that the claimed invention for an energy transaction plan which controls the charging, discharging, and storing operations of an electric vehicle charging station was … [Read more...] about Determining Patent Subject Matter Eligibility (or Ineligibility), PTO Must Consider All Limitations
Algorithm Engine for Determining Financial Risk Is Patent Ineligible Subject Matter
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a patent on a method for providing financial data indicating financial risk about an individual using an “algorithm engine”, which engine itself is not claimed, nor are the claims limited by any rules that are used to … [Read more...] about Algorithm Engine for Determining Financial Risk Is Patent Ineligible Subject Matter
Estoppel, Invalid Signal Claims and No Apportionment for Patent Infringement Profits
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Mentor Graphics Corp. v. Eve-USA, Inc. was called upon to review litigation wherein Mentor asserted several patents against Synopsys, including U.S. Patent Nos. 6,240,376 ("the '376 patent"), 6,947,882 ("the '882 patent"), 6,009,531 … [Read more...] about Estoppel, Invalid Signal Claims and No Apportionment for Patent Infringement Profits
Computer Program is Patent Eligible Due to Ordered Combination Which Solves Tech Problem
In reversing a U.S. District Court holding that a computer program patent for a content filtering system retrieved from an Internet computer network was ineligible subject matter for a patent under 35 U.S.C. §101, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that, although … [Read more...] about Computer Program is Patent Eligible Due to Ordered Combination Which Solves Tech Problem
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
Cleveland Clinic Diagnostic Patents Found Invalid
In Cleveland Clinic Foundation v. True Health Diagnostics, LLC., 1: 15-cv-2331 (N.D. Ohio 2016) (Available Here), the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio granted the defendant's motion to dismiss finding three (3) of Cleveland Clinic Foundation's ("CCF") … [Read more...] about Cleveland Clinic Diagnostic Patents Found Invalid
