Webtrends, Inc. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, Patent and Trademark Office
AdministrativeLaw Antitrust CriminalProcedure Securities Trademark Patent
Whether the USPTO or a Federal Court can declare 20 patent claims to be directed to an unpatentable abstract idea without carrying out the Alice two-part test, without offering evidence or analysis to support the claim rejections, without considering the lumitations of even a single claim, and despite finding and citing no relevant prior art that would support either a 35 U.S.C. §102 or 35 U.S.C, §108 rejection of even a single claim?
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the USPTO or a Federal Court can declare 20 patent claims to be directed to an unpatentable abstract idea without carrying out the Alice two-part test, without offering evidence or analysis to support the claim rejections, without considering the lumitations of even a single claim, and despite finding and citing no relevant prior art that would support either a 35 U.S.C. §102 or 35 U.S.C, §108 rejection of even a single claim?