No. 19-1464

Christopher Primbas, et al. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: abstract-idea alice-v-cls-bank claim-construction inventive-concept parker-v-flook patent-eligibility patent-office patent-prosecution prior-art
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether recitation in a patent claim of a combination of steps determined to be inventive over an idea is "sufficient to ensure that the patent in practice amounts to significantly more than a patent upon the [idea] itself." Alice, 573 U.S. at 305.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether recitation in a patent claim of a combination of steps determined to be inventive over an idea is 'sufficient to ensure that the patent in practice amounts to significantly more than a patent upon the [idea] itself'

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-31
Waiver of right of respondent Andrei Iancu to respond filed.
2020-06-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 6, 2020)

Attorneys

Andrei Iancu
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Christopher Primbas, et al.
Jeremy Cooper DoerreTillman Wright, PLLC, Petitioner