| 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 |
| 21-811 |
Yanbin Yu, et al. v. Apple Inc., et al. |
Federal Circuit |
2021-12-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
claim-construction diamond-v-diehr federal-circuit mayo-test mayo-v-prometheus parker-v-flook patent-claim patent-claims patent-eligibility point-of-novelty |
Whether patent claims should be considered 'as a whole' or only the 'point of novelty' in determining patent eligibility |
| 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 |
| 19-597 |
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 |
| 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 |