subject-matter-eligibility

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-796 Ficep Corporation v. Peddinghaus Corporation Federal Circuit 2024-01-24 Denied abstract-idea alice-test automation fact-issues inventiveness manufacturing-process patent-eligibility subject-matter-eligibility technological-improvement technological-innovation Does a claim directed to patent-eligible subject matter (here, manufacturing) nevertheless become ineligible as 'abstract' if the process is improved …
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?
20-1517 Fast 101 Pty. Ltd. v. Citigroup Inc., et al. Federal Circuit 2021-04-30 Denied Response Waived 12(b)(6)-dismissal alice-mayo-test claim-construction claim-language inventive-concept patent-eligibility prior-art subject-matter-eligibility Whether a court must evaluate the differences between prior art and the alleged inventive concept to fully appreciate the claim language
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?
19-430 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 …
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