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...

MEDICINES COMPANY v. HOSPIRA, INC. (Fed. Cir. 2016) (P, en banc) – Manufacturing services by a supplier does not trigger an on sale bar under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)

by | Jul 11, 2016 | [sub] offer for sale, Prior Art

The mere sale of manufacturing services by a contract manufacturer to an inventor to create embodiments of a patented product for the inventor does not constitute a “commercial sale” of the invention. Here, for example, no on sale bar was found to be triggered by the...

RAPID LITIGATION MANAGEMENT v. CELLZDIRECT, INC. (Fed. Cir. 2016) (P) – A claim is not merely “directed to” a law of nature if the end result of the process is new and useful

by | Jul 5, 2016 | [sub] Alice step one, Subject Matter Eligibility

A claim is not merely “directed to” a law of nature under Alice step one if the end result of the process is new and useful. Here, for example, claims reciting a new and useful laboratory technique for preserving hepatocyte liver cells were found to be patent-eligible...

IN RE LF CENTENNIAL LIMITED (Fed. Cir. 2016) (NP) – A common but generic characteristic shared between elements does not support a conclusion of equivalence

by | Jun 29, 2016 | [sub] broadest reasonable interpretation, Claim Interpretation

A common but generic characteristic shared by a claim element and a prior art element does not support even a broadest reasonable interpretation that one can be the other. Here, for example, a “spine” and a “side panel” of a TV console were found to be distinct even...

BASCOM GLOBAL INTERNET v. AT&T MOBILITY LLC (Fed. Cir. 2016) (P) – An “inventive concept” can be found in a non-conventional arrangement of known, conventional pieces

by | Jun 27, 2016 | [sub] Alice step two, Subject Matter Eligibility

An “inventive concept” establishing subject matter eligibility can be found in a non-conventional and non-generic arrangement of otherwise known, conventional pieces. Here, for example, an inventive concept was found in the installation of an Internet-content...