AFFINITY LABS OF TEXAS, LLC v. AMAZON.COM INC. (Fed. Cir. 2016) (P) – User-based customization does not by itself amount to significantly more than an abstract idea

by | Sep 23, 2016 | [sub] Alice step two, Subject Matter Eligibility

User-based customization does not by itself amount to significantly more than an abstract idea. Here, for example, a network-based media system having “a customized user interface page for [a] given user” was found to be nothing more than an abstract idea because...

MCRO, INC. v. BANDAI NAMCO GAMES AMERICA (Fed. Cir. 2016) (P) – Using a computer to automate novel as opposed to conventional activity is not an abstract idea

by | Sep 13, 2016 | [sub] Alice step one, Subject Matter Eligibility

The claimed use of a computer to automate novel as opposed to conventional activity is not directed to an abstract idea. Here, for example, claims focusing on the automatic use of rules of a particular type for creating 3-D animation were found to be non-abstract...

TDE PETROLEUM DATA SOLUTIONS v. AKM ENTERPRISE, INC. (Fed. Cir. 2016) (NP) – Ordinary data processing steps to achieve a desired result are not patent-eligible

by | Aug 15, 2016 | [sub] Alice step two, Subject Matter Eligibility

Ordinary data processing steps to achieve a desired result do not transform an otherwise abstract idea into a patent-eligible application under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Here, for example, a method of processing oil well drill state information was found to be...

ELECTRIC POWER GROUP, LLC v. ALSTOM S.A. (Fed. Cir. 2016) (P) – The collection, analysis, and display of information does not add significantly more under Alice step two

by | Aug 1, 2016 | [sub] Alice step two, Subject Matter Eligibility

The collection, analysis, and display of information does not generally amount to significantly more under Mayo/Alice step two. Here, for example, the real-time performance monitoring of an electric power grid was found to be patent-ineligible because the claims...

LENDINGTREE v. ZILLOW, INC. (Fed. Cir. 2016) (NP) – Merely facilitating a fundamental economic practice using generic technology is not sufficient for eligibility

by | Jul 25, 2016 | [sub] Alice step two, Subject Matter Eligibility

Merely facilitating a fundamental economic practice using generic technology is not sufficient to render the claims patent eligible. Here, for example, using a generic computer to simultaneously display a plurality of positive credit decisions was found to be...

SHORTRIDGE v. FOUNDATION CONSTRUCTION (Fed. Cir. 2016) (NP) – Computer-implemented data processing achieving super-human results does not constitute an inventive concept

by | Jul 13, 2016 | [sub] Alice step two, Subject Matter Eligibility

Computer-implemented data processing to achieve super-human results does not constitute an inventive concept under Alice/Mayo step two. Here, for example, a computer-implemented business method for processing certified payroll records was found to lack an inventive...