by Steve Driskill | Jun 12, 2015 | [sub] biotech, Subject Matter Eligibility
For process claims that encompass natural phenomenon, the process steps themselves are the additional features that must be new and useful. Here, for example, using a newly discovered source of cell-free fetal DNA (“cffDNA”) to conduct fetal screening was found to be...
by Steve Driskill | Jun 11, 2015 | [sub] Alice step two, Subject Matter Eligibility
Relying on a computer to perform otherwise routine tasks more quickly or more accurately is insufficient to render a claim patent eligible even when speed and accuracy is advantageous. Here, for example, a method of dynamic price optimization in an e-commerce...
by Steve Driskill | May 22, 2015 | [sub] computer-related, Subject Matter Eligibility
A tangible medium will not be read into claims that fail to recite or reference any such medium. Here, for example, a “universal speech-recognition interface” software application consisting of software instructions was found to not imply the existence of a machine...
by Steve Driskill | Dec 23, 2014 | [sub] Alice step one, Subject Matter Eligibility
Processing information from specific hardware beyond a generic computer is still not sufficient to escape the realm of abstract ideas for the purposes of establishing subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Here, for example, claims directed to an ATM...
by Steve Driskill | Dec 17, 2014 | [sub] biotech, Subject Matter Eligibility
Identifying the techniques to be used in performing an abstract idea is insufficient to render a claim patent-eligible when those techniques are well-understood, routine, and conventional techniques. Here, for example, spelling out how to compare gene sequences using...
by Steve Driskill | Dec 5, 2014 | [sub] Alice step two, Subject Matter Eligibility
In contrast to claims that are directed to “nothing more than the performance of an abstract business practice on the Internet or using a conventional computer,” claims that are “necessarily rooted in computer technology in order to overcome a problem specifically...