| 23-245 |
ChromaDex, Inc., et al. v. Elysium Health, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2023-09-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
alice-mayo-framework alice-v-cls-bank biotechnology federal-circuit inventive-concept mayo-v-prometheus natural-phenomena patent-eligibility |
Whether the two-step Alice/Mayo framework governs the eligibility of patents allegedly directed to natural phenomena |
| 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… |
| 19-1464 |
Christopher Primbas, et al. v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2020-07-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
abstract-idea alice-v-cls-bank claim-construction inventive-concept parker-v-flook patent-eligibility patent-office patent-prosecution prior-art |
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 pra… |
| 19-1435 |
C. Douglass Thomas v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
Federal Circuit |
2020-06-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
alice-mayo-framework alice-v-cls-bank claim-limitations computer-technology diehr-v-diamond inventive-concept mayo-v-prometheus nonobviousness patent-eligibility software-innovation software-patents |
Whether software innovations implemented on a general purpose computer are patent-eligible |
| 19-1017 |
Solutran, Inc. v. Elavon, Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2020-02-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
alice-test alice-v-cls-bank bilski-v-kappos business-method-patent business-method-patents claim-construction patent-eligibility prior-art subject-matter-eligibility |
Does Alice's step one require that the claims be viewed as a whole and that consideration be given to the claimed advance over the prior art? |
| 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… |
| 19-43 |
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? |
| 18-1199 |
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… |
| 18-252 |
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… |