| 23-796 |
Ficep Corporation v. Peddinghaus Corporation |
Federal Circuit |
2024-01-24 |
Denied |
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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 |