functional-improvement

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21-6050 James Bongiorno v. Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Federal Circuit 2021-10-21 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP abstract-idea cantrell-v-wallick electronic-unit functional-improvement hardware-structures machine machine-patent patent-eligibility section-101 Whether a new and non-obvious 'dedicated electronic unit' with new hardware structures including a plurality of 'special function buttons' is a patent…