| 24-47 |
Return Mail, Inc. v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2024-07-16 |
Denied |
|
35-usc-101 abstract-idea alice-corporation-v-cls-bank innovation judicial-interpretation patent patent-eligibility patent-law return-mail-inc-v-united-states-postal-service section-101 |
Whether the claimed invention is ineligible for patent protection under the abstract-idea exception to 35 U.S.C. §101 |
| 23A988 |
Return Mail, Inc. v. United States |
Federal Circuit |
2024-05-06 |
Presumed Complete |
|
35-usc-101 abstract-idea federal-circuit patent-eligibility patent-law supreme-court-review |
Whether the Federal Circuit incorrectly applied the abstract-idea exception to patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. §101 in a manner that undermines pat… |
| 23-1184 |
Eolas Technologies Incorporated v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2024-05-02 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
35-usc-101 alice alice-test computer-network distributed-computing functional-claiming patent-eligibility patent-subject-matter section-101 specificity-of-description |
Whether claims drawn to solving specific problems restricting the usefulness of an existing computer-network technology recite patent-eligible subject… |
| 23-7233 |
Chikezie Ottah v. National Grid |
Federal Circuit |
2024-04-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
35-USC-101 civil-procedure constitutional-provisions court-review due-process jurisdiction legal-procedure patent standing statutory-provisions takings writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation of patent-eligibility under 35-USC-101 |
| 23-6984 |
Chikezie Ottah v. Verifone System Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2024-03-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
35-usc-101 civil-procedure constitutional-provisions court-jurisdiction judicial-review legal-interpretation patent-eligibility patent-law procedural-rules standing statutory-provisions takings |
Whether the question of law presented in the petition for writ of certiorari should be reviewed |
| 23-794 |
John Pacilio and Edward Bases v. United States |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-01-24 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
2nd-amendment 35-usc-101 brown-vs-board civil-rights commodities-trading criminal-liability dodd-frank due-process fraud-statutes free-speech prosecutorial-discretion spoofing |
Whether spoofing violates the federal fraud statutes where a trader places a genuine, valid, fully executable order |
| 23-498 |
Realtime Data LLC, dba IXO v. Fortinet, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2023-11-13 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
35-usc-101 abstract-idea computer-functioning data-compression federal-circuit patent patent-claims patent-eligibility section-101 standing |
Whether the claimed inventions are ineligible for patent protection under the abstract-idea exception to Section 101 |
| 22-1066 |
CareDx Inc., et al. v. Natera, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2023-05-03 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
35-usc-101 medical-diagnostics method-patent natural-phenomenon patent-eligibility patent-infringement prior-art scientific-innovation section-101 statutory-interpretation |
Whether a new and useful method for measuring a natural phenomenon that improves upon prior methods for measuring that very same phenomenon is eligibl… |
| 22-822 |
Avery Dennison Corporation v. ADASA Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2023-03-01 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
35-usc-101 binary-encoding most-significant-bits patent-claim patent-eligibility rfid rfid-technology section-101 serial-number |
Whether the patent claim, by subdividing a serial number into 'most significant bits' that are assigned such that they remain identical across RFID ta… |
| 22-5382 |
Tyrone Hurt v. Alexander Williams, Jr. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-08-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
35-usc-101 civil-procedure due-process patent standing takings |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the patent statute |
| 22-5299 |
Michael G. Peters v. Andrew S. Hanen |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-08-05 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
35-usc-101 civil-rights due-process patent standing takings |
Whether the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's denial of patent applications for inventions involving artificial intelligence violates the Patent Act … |
| 22-22 |
David A. Tropp v. Travel Sentry, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-07-07 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (3) |
35-usc-101 alice-test alice-v-cls-bank computer-processing luggage-screening patent-claims patent-eligibility physical-steps |
Whether the claims at issue in Tropp's patents reciting physical rather than computer-processing steps are patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101, as i… |
| 22-11 |
SawStop Holding LLC v. United States Patent and Trademark Office, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-07-05 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 35-usc-102 35-usc-103 judicial-authority non-statutory-double-patenting patent patent-eligibility patent-law statutory-interpretation ultra-vires |
Does the judiciary have the authority to require a patent applicant to meet a condition for patentability not required by the Patent Act? |
| 21-1554 |
Worlds Inc. v. Activision Blizzard Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-06-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 abstract-idea filtering patent-eligibility patent-ineligibility section-101 software-invention summary-judgment well-known-routine-conventional |
What is the appropriate standard for determining whether a patent claim is 'directed to' a patent-ineligible concept under step one of the Court's two… |
| 21-1370 |
Spireon, Inc. v. Procon Analytics, LLC |
Federal Circuit |
2022-04-21 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
35-usc-101 abstract-idea claim-construction fact-question federal-circuit judicial-exception patent-eligibility patent-ineligibility pleadings |
What is the appropriate standard for determining patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101? |
| 21-1281 |
Interactive Wearables, LLC v. Polar Electro Oy, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-03-22 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
35-usc-101 abstract-idea claim-construction enablement judicial-exceptions legal-standard patent-eligibility patent-subject-matter section-101 two-step-framework |
What is the appropriate standard for determining whether a patent claim is 'directed to' a patent-ineligible concept under step one of the Court's two… |
| 21-1228 |
Ameranth, Inc. v. Olo, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-03-10 |
Denied |
|
35-usc-101 alice-framework alice-two-step claim-construction judicial-exception patent-eligibility patent-ineligibility patent-ineligible-concept question-of-fact question-of-law section-101 |
What is the appropriate standard for determining patent-eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101? |
| 21-1106 |
Thaddeus Gabara v. Facebook, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-02-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 abstract-idea data-structure patent-claims patent-eligibility preemption prior-art section-101 two-step-framework |
What is the appropriate standard for determining whether a patent claim is 'directed to' a patent-ineligible concept under step 1 of the Court's two-s… |
| 21-1056 |
Universal Secure Registry LLC v. Apple Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2022-01-31 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
35-usc-101 alice-corp-v-cls-bank alice-test federal-circuit patent-act patent-eligibility section-101 specificity unconventionality unexpected-results |
Does patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 require 'specificity,' 'unexpected results' and 'unconventionality' in conflict with the Patent Act and … |
| 21-812 |
WhitServe LLC v. Dropbox, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 enablement patent-eligibility person-having-ordinary-skill-in-the-art presumption-of-validity rule-12(b)(6) rule-12b6 section-101 technological-improvement |
If a patentee makes factual assertions and provides supporting evidence that its claimed invention is directed to patent-eligible subject matter under… |
| 21-457 |
ENCO Systems, Inc. v. DaVincia, LLC |
Federal Circuit |
2021-09-27 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 abstract-idea federal-circuit patent patent-claim patent-eligibility patent-protection patent-system section-101 |
What is the appropriate standard for determining whether a patent claim is directed to a patent-ineligible concept when determining whether an inventi… |
| 21-364 |
Sarada Mohapatra v. Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 alice-doctrine alice-mayo citizen-inventors computer-implemented-invention mayo-framework non-preemptive-solution patent patent-eligibility practical-solutions preemption process-improvement |
Whether computer-based process improvement patent applications for inventions by Citizen Inventors — characterized by narrow and well-defined practica… |
| 21-5585 |
Willie Lee Davis v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2021-09-07 |
Dismissed |
Response WaivedIFP |
35-usc-101 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process patent standing |
Whether the lower courts misinterpreted the 1994 amended version of Title 35 U.S.C. § 101 |
| 21-5520 |
Brunson Roberts v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-08-31 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
35-usc-101 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process individual-liberty judicial-review legal-precedent patent standing statutory-interpretation |
Does a district court abuse its discretion when it upholds and does not reconsider 35 U.S.C. 101 factors for eligibility, and does a district court ab… |
| 21-209 |
Huping Hu, et al. v. Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2021-08-13 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 intellectual-property judicial-exceptions natural-phenomenon operability-standard patent-eligibility person-having-ordinary-skill-in-the-art quantum-entanglement reproducibility-of-results scientific-discovery section-101 |
Whether the PTO's standards for determining operability under § 101 are biased against groundbreaking inventions |
| 20-1809 |
VoIP-Pal.com, Inc. v. Apple, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-06-29 |
Denied |
|
35-usc-101 innovation innovation-incentives judicial-framework legal-uncertainty patent-act patent-eligibility patent-law patent-system statutory-interpretation subject-matter-eligibility |
What is the appropriate standard for determining patent-eligibility under 35 U.S.C. §101? |
| 20-1760 |
iLife Technologies, Inc. v. Nintendo of America, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-06-17 |
Denied |
|
35-usc-101 claim-interpretation judicial-framework legal-standard patent patent-claim patent-eligibility question-of-fact question-of-law section-101 standard |
What is the appropriate standard for determining patent-eligibility under 35 USC 101? |
| 20-1289 |
NetScout Systems, Inc., et al. v. Packet Intelligence LLC |
Federal Circuit |
2021-03-17 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 enhanced-damages good-faith-defenses patent-eligibility patent-infringement section-101 technological-subject-matter treble-damages willful-infringement |
Whether a finding of willful infringement justifying treble damages may be based solely on the defendant's conduct following the filing of the suit |
| 20-892 |
Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc., et al. v. Illumina, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-01-05 |
Dismissed |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
and analyzing the separated DNA for diagnostic pu using well-known laboratory techniques is unpaten 35-usc-101 abstract-ideas diagnostic diagnostic-method dna dna-analysis dna-fragments laboratory-techniques myriad-decision myriad-doctrine natural-phenomena patent patent-eligibility section-101 |
Whether a patent that claims nothing more than a method for separating smaller DNA fragments from larger ones, and analyzing the separated DNA for dia… |
| 20-891 |
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. v. Neapco Holdings LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-01-05 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (11)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) |
35-usc-101 alice-v-cls claim-construction judicial-exception judicial-exceptions patent-eligibility patent-ineligibility patent-law standard-of-review two-step-framework |
What is the appropriate standard for determining patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101? |
| 20-604 |
InfoBionic, Inc. v. Cardionet, LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-11-05 |
Denied |
|
35-usc-101 abstract-idea federal-circuit innovation longstanding-human-practice patent-eligibility patent-monopoly statutory-interpretation |
Whether the Federal Circuit has properly narrowed the scope of the abstract idea exception under 35 U.S.C. § 101 |
| 20-6126 |
Edward Jones v. Candace Edward, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-10-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
35-usc-101 civil-procedure due-process patent standing takings |
Whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit erred in its interpretation and application of 35 U.S.C. § 101 in this case |
| 20-453 |
Consumer 2.0, Inc., dba Rently v. Tenant Turner, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-10-08 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 alice-test conventional-features graham-v-john-deere hindsight-bias patent-eligibility preemption section-101 section-103 |
Whether preemption is a threshold and defining consideration that the lower courts must consider in determining whether a claimed invention is directe… |
| 20-439 |
Mantissa Corporation v. Ondot Systems, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-10-06 |
Denied |
|
35-usc-101 abstract-idea alice-exception fact-finding patent-eligibility pre-emption section-101 technical-field |
Does the Alice exception to patent-eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 improperly cover inventions that improve another technology or technical field? |
| 20-5695 |
Tony DuPree v. Florida |
Florida |
2020-09-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
35-usc-101 administrative-law administrative-procedure civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process judicial-review standing statutory-interpretation takings |
Whether the Florida state courts erred in rejecting the petitioner's claims of due-process, civil-rights, standing, civil-procedure, takings, 35-usc-1… |
| 20-325 |
Whitserve LLC v. Donuts Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-09-11 |
Denied |
|
35-usc-101 commercial-success fact-weighing patent-eligibility patent-infringement patent-validity presumption-of-validity rule-12(b)(6) rule-12b6 statutory-presumption |
Whether a district court is permitted to overlook a patentee's factual assertions regarding patent-eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101, including assert… |
| 20-5547 |
Roger Lee Baker, Jr. v. Magistrate Court of Georgia, Talbot County |
Georgia |
2020-08-31 |
Denied |
IFP |
35-usc-101 civil-procedure due-process patent standing takings |
Whether the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's denial of a patent application for an invention that was previously disclosed to the public violates th… |
| 20-135 |
Customedia Technologies, LLC v. Dish Network Corporation, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-08-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-USC-101 Administrative-Procedure-Act Appointments-Clause Due-Process Leahy-Smith-America-Invents-Act patent-eligibility Patent-Eligible-Subject-Matter patent-trial-and-appeals-board ultra-vires |
Whether a court of appeals can invoke forfeiture to refuse to address an Appointments-Clause-violation |
| 20-32 |
Steve Morsa v. Andre Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2020-07-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
35-usc-101 abstract-idea claims-analysis federal-circuit patent patent-eligibility patent-office preemption section-101 undue-preemption |
May the Federal Circuit and Patent Office ignore this Court's seminal Cuno decision? |
| 19-1299 |
The Chamberlain Group, Inc. v. Techtronic Industries Co., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-05-19 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
35-usc-101 abstract-idea alice-v-cls claim-construction federal-circuit machine-invention machine-or-transformation patent patent-claims patent-eligibility preemption section-101 |
Whether the Federal Circuit improperly expanded § 101's narrow implicit exceptions by failing to properly assess Chamberlain's claims 'as a whole', wh… |
| 19-1103 |
INO Therapeutics LLC, et al. v. Praxair Distribution Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-03-10 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 drug-administration due-process eligibility innovation medical-research medical-treatment method-of-treatment patent patent-eligibility patient-outcomes personalized-medicine section-101 selective-treatment |
Whether a method of treatment that requires doctors to selectively administer a drug to certain patients and not others to enhance patient outcomes is… |
| 19-7863 |
Delores L. Knight v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-03-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
35-usc-101 civil-procedure civil-rights criminal-statute due-process federal-appellate-review judicial-review ninth-circuit patent sentencing-guidelines standing statutory-interpretation takings |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated when the lower court upheld the government's denial of her patent application |
| 19-966 |
Emerson Electric Co. v. SIPCO, LLC |
Federal Circuit |
2020-02-03 |
GVR |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
35-usc-101 35-usc-103 35-usc-324 administrative-law america-invents-act cbm-patent covered-business-method judicial-review patent patent-review patent-trial-and-appeal-board statutory-interpretation |
Whether 35 U.S.C. 324(e) permits review on appeal of the Director's threshold determination, as part of the decision to institute CBM review, that the… |
| 19-7226 |
Tony Robinson v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2020-01-13 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
35-usc-101 civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection first-amendment patent qualified-immunity standing takings |
Whether the Illinois Appellate Court erred in dismissing petitioner's civil rights claim |
| 19-852 |
Maxell, Ltd. v. Fandango Media, LLC |
Federal Circuit |
2020-01-08 |
Denied |
|
35-usc-101 alice-corp-v-cls-bank alice-test content-access content-access-control digital-media network-transmission online-streaming patent-eligibility time-controls |
Whether the claims at issue in Maxell's patents are patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. 101 |
| 19-7058 |
In Re Ramsey Randall |
|
2019-12-26 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
14th-amendment 1st-amendment 35-usc-101 civil-rights due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech patent-eligibility standing |
Whether the 35 U.S.C. 101 patent eligibility restrictions unconstitutionally violate the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights of the petitioner |
| 19-619 |
Cisco Systems, Inc. v. SRI International, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-11-14 |
Denied |
|
35-usc-101 abstract-idea computer-automated-method computer-automation computer-network data-analysis data-collection patent patent-eligibility patent-law standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether patent claims that recite only the abstract idea of collecting and analyzing data are patent-ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 and Alice |
| 19-597 |
Morris Reese v. Sprint Nextel Corporation, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-11-07 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
35-usc-101 abstract-idea alice-framework alice-v-cls-bank federal-circuit mayo-v-prometheus patent-eligibility patent-ineligible-concept patent-law section-101 |
Whether the claims at issue are directed to an abstract idea under 35 U.S.C. § 101 |
| 19-521 |
ChargePoint, Inc. v. SemaConnect, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-10-22 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
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 |
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 abstr… |
| 19-430 |
Athena Diagnostics, Inc., et al. v. Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC, dba Mayo Medical Laboratories, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-10-02 |
Denied |
Amici (11) |
35-usc-101 chemical-process chemical-steps diagnostic-method federal-circuit medical-diagnostics medical-innovation molecular-detection novel-molecules patent-eligibility patent-protection precedent subject-matter-eligibility |
Whether a new and specific method of diagnosing a medical condition is patent-eligible subject matter |
| 19-400 |
Garmin USA, Inc., et al. v. Cellspin Soft, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-09-25 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
35-usc-101 civil-procedure claim-construction eligibility inventive-claims inventive-concept judicial-review legal-question motion-to-dismiss patent patent-eligibility patent-law pleadings question-of-law subject-matter-eligibility |
Whether patent eligibility is a question of law for the court that can be resolved on a motion to dismiss, notwithstanding allegations in a complaint … |
| 19-5366 |
Robert Curry v. Illinois |
Illinois |
2019-07-29 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
35-usc-101 civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights counsel discovery due-process effective-assistance-of-counsel habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel interrogatory patent post-conviction standing |
Whether petitioner was denied reasonable and/or adequate opportunity of assisting counsel during appeal process |
| 19-103 |
StrikeForce Technologies, Inc. v. SecureAuth Corporation |
Federal Circuit |
2019-07-22 |
Denied |
|
35-usc-101 alice-corp-v-cls-bank alice-test berkheimer-v-hp federal-circuit inventive-concept patent-eligibility patent-subject-matter step-two-analysis well-understood-routine-and-conventional well-understood-routine-conventional |
Whether the Federal Circuit conducted the proper analysis under step two of Alice, as this Court will explain it, should certiorari be granted in Berk… |
| 19-43 |
Power Analytics Corporation v. Operation Technology, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-07-05 |
Denied |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
35-usc-101 alice-standard alice-v-cls-bank federal-circuit patent-eligibility patent-law patent-litigation rule-36-affirmance section-101 |
Has the Federal Circuit correctly implemented the standards for patent eligibility set forth in 35 U.S.C. § 101 and Alice v. CLS Bank? |
| 18-1448 |
Glasswall Solutions Limited, et al. v. Clearswift Ltd. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-05-20 |
Denied |
|
35-usc-101 berkheimer berkheimer-standard conclusory-legal-assertions federal-circuit patent-eligibility patent-eligibility-35-usc-101 patent-infringement patent-specification pleading presumption-of-validity rule-12(b)(6) rule-12b6 twombly |
Whether the claimed invention improves computer function by eliminating a then-conventional method |
| 18-1397 |
Prism Technologies LLC v. Sprint Spectrum L.P., dba Sprint PCS |
Federal Circuit |
2019-05-06 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 appellate-jurisdiction collateral-estoppel federal-circuit federal-circuit-jurisdiction jurisdiction-scope mandate-rule patent-claims patent-eligibility patent-invalidity retroactive-expansion |
Whether the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals may retroactively expand the scope of its appellate jurisdiction to invalidate patent claims under 35 U.S… |
| 18-1274 |
In Re Urvashi Bhagat |
|
2019-04-04 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response Waived |
35-usc-101 administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act bilski-v-kappos federal-circuit-discretion graham-v-deere graham-v-john-deere judicial-discretion patent-eligibility patent-eligibility-35-usc-101 patent-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent uspto-discretion |
Whether the USPTO abused its discretion by refusing to allow claims that passed every requirement of Title 35 by insisting on extra-statutory requirem… |
| 18-1223 |
Mario Villena, et al. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2019-03-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
35-usc-101 35-usc-102-103 administrative-procedure-act alice-mayo-test judicial-review patent-eligibility patent-examination patent-trial-and-appeal-board preemption section-101 statutory-interpretation uspto well-understood-routine-conventional |
Rejection of patent claims under 35 U.S.C. § 101 without addressing each limitation separately and as an ordered combination, lack of substantial evid… |
| 18-1199 |
InvestPic, LLC v. SAP America, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-03-14 |
Denied |
Amici (8) |
35-usc-101 abstract-idea alice-v-cls-bank computer-implemented-process federal-circuit inventive-concept judicial-exceptions patent-act patent-eligibility physical-realm preemption |
Whether the Federal Circuit's physical realm' test contravenes the Patent Act and Supreme Court precedent by categorically excluding otherwise patenta… |
| 18-1114 |
TS Patents LLC v. Yahoo! Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-02-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 ashcroft-v-iqbal claim-dismissal federal-circuit novel-improvements novel-invention novel-technical-improvements patent-eligibility patent-eligibility-35-usc-101 patent-infringement patent-presumption patent-validity presumption-of-validity routine-and-conventional rule-12(b)(6) rule-12b6 technical-improvements |
Can a court dismiss a patent infringement complaint under Rule 12(b)(6), for a lack of patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. $101, when the complaint and… |
| 18-1088 |
Kamran Asghari-Kamrani, et al. v. United Services Automobile Association |
Federal Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 constitutional-grant constitutional-power judicial-exceptions patent-act patent-eligibility statutory-construction statutory-interpretation supreme-court-test |
Whether the Court's 'judicial exceptions' test for patent eligibility is unconstitutional and deviates from the plain language of Section 101 of the P… |
| 18-7435 |
James Arthur Biggins v. Carl C. Danberg, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2019-01-15 |
Denied |
IFP |
35-usc-101 civil-procedure damages due-process jurisdiction patent patent-eligibility patent-infringement patent-law standing takings |
Whether the lower court erred in its interpretation and application of the relevant patent law statutes |
| 18-770 |
Webtrends, Inc. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2018-12-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 abstract-idea alice-test claim-rejection federal-court patent patent-claims prior-art standing uspto |
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-p… |
| 18-549 |
Voter Verified, Inc. v. Election Systems & Software LLC |
Federal Circuit |
2018-10-26 |
Denied |
|
35-usc-101 bilski-v-kappos collateral-estoppel declaratory-judgment federal-circuit issue-preclusion method-claims patent-infringement patent-validity res-judicata voting-method |
Whether the Federal Circuit erred in deciding that patent claims for a method of voting are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 in a second action for paten… |
| 18-415 |
HP Inc., fka Hewlett-Packard Company v. Steven E. Berkheimer |
Federal Circuit |
2018-10-03 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (7)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
35-usc-101 abstract-idea alice-framework civil-procedure claim-construction inventive-concept judicial-exception patent patent-eligibility question-of-fact question-of-law section-101 standing |
Whether patent eligibility is a question of law for the court based on the scope of the claims or a question of fact for the jury based on the state o… |
| 18-414 |
Carl M. Burnett v. Panasonic Corporation, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2018-10-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 analog-signal civil-procedure digital-data digital-signal electromagnetic-signal electronic-data evidence patent-eligibility patent-eligibility-35-usc-101 subject-matter-eligibility tangible-embodiment |
Whether electronic data is the tangible embodiment of an electromagnetic analog or digital signal and is therefore patent-eligible subject matter |
| 18-371 |
George M. Wang v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2018-09-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 additional-features alice-corp-v-cls-bank inventive-concept mayo-v-prometheus patent-application patent-claims patent-community patent-eligibility patent-protection phonetic-symbol-system useful-invention |
Whether the claims of the very useful invention contain 'additional features' embodying an inventive concept that makes the invention patent-eligible |
| 18-277 |
Urvashi Bhagat v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2018-09-04 |
Rehearing |
Amici (2)Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
' '35-usc-101" ' 'administrative-procedure-act' ' 'funk-brothers" ' 'myriad-genetics" ' 'patent-eligibility" ' 'patent-system" 35-usc-101 administrative-procedure-act Funk-Brothers Myriad patent-eligibility USPTO |
Whether the Federal Circuit erred in finding petitioner's patent application claims unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 101 due to conflicting standards of… |
| 18-252 |
Real Estate Alliance Ltd. v. Move, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2018-08-28 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
35-usc-101 alice-corp-v-cls-bank alice-test alice-v-cls-bank computer-user-interface fact-finding federal-circuit inventive-concept patent-claims patent-eligibility patent-infringement patent-law well-understood-routine-and-conventional |
Whether an ordered combination of elements in a patent claim is 'well-understood, routine and conventional' to a skilled artisan in the relevant field… |
| 18-189 |
Smartflash LLC v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2018-08-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
35-usc-101 administrative-patent-judges appointments-clause covered-business-method-review due-process patent-eligibility patent-invalidation patent-trial-and-appeal-board principal-officers |
Whether Administrative Patent Judges are principal Officers under the Appointments Clause |
| 18-124 |
Two-Way Media Ltd. v. Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2018-07-27 |
Denied |
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35-usc-101 abstract-idea factual-questions innovation-specificity motion-to-dismiss patent-claims patent-eligibility patent-eligibility-under-35-usc-101 patent-specification section-101 specificity-requirement technological-architecture |
Innovative-technological-architecture-for-online-media-streaming |