No. 19-521

ChargePoint, Inc. v. SemaConnect, Inc.

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: 35-usc-101 abstract-idea alice-corp-v-cls-bank alice-v-cls-bank diamond-v-diehr innovation judicial-interpretation machine-or-process patent-eligibility patent-law section-101
Latest Conference: 2020-01-24
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether a patent claim to a new and useful improvement to a machine or process may be patent eligible even when it "involves" or incorporates an abstract idea.

2. Whether the Court should reevaluate the atextual exception to Section 101.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a patent claim to a new and useful improvement to a machine or process may be patent eligible even when it 'involves' or incorporates an abstract idea

Docket Entries

2020-01-27
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Jeremy C. Doerre GRANTED.
2020-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
2020-01-08
Reply of petitioner ChargePoint, Inc. filed.
2019-12-23
Brief of respondent SemaConnect, Inc. in opposition filed.
2019-11-20
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Jeremy C. Doerre.
2019-10-31
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 23, 2019.
2019-10-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 21, 2019 to December 23, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-10-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 21, 2019)

Attorneys

ChargePoint, Inc.
Carter G. PhillipsSidley Austin LLP, Petitioner
Jeremy C. Doerre
Jeremy Cooper DoerreTillman Wright, PLLC, Amicus
SemaConnect, Inc.
Alan Lee WhitehurstQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Respondent
Marissa Rachel DuccaQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Respondent