The Federal Circuit held that a cardiac monitoring patent claim directed to filtering T-wave data to distinguish it from atrial fibrillation was an abstract idea of data filtering, lacking an inventive concept sufficient to survive § 101 scrutiny.
The Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s patent ineligibility ruling, holding that claims directed to a specific two-channel mobile authentication method that improves cybersecurity represent a concrete technical solution eligible for patent protection.
The Federal Circuit held that four patents covering methods for coordinating multi-factor authentication across secure registries, PINs, biometrics, and universal devices are directed to abstract ideas and lack an inventive concept sufficient to confer patent eligibility.
The Federal Circuit held that patents covering data management systems that use cryptographic hash functions to generate content-based identifiers are directed to abstract mathematical concepts and ineligible under § 101.
The Federal Circuit affirmed that Yu’s patent on a digital camera using two lenses and two image sensors to produce an enhanced digital image was patent-ineligible under § 101 — holding the claims were directed to the abstract idea of ‘taking two pictures and using one to enhance the oth
The Federal Circuit affirmed that Stanford’s patent claims directed to a computational method for haplotype phasing — determining which genetic variants are inherited together on each chromosome — were patent ineligible as abstract mathematical calculations implemented on generic computer hardware.
The Federal Circuit affirmed that a patent claiming a computerized system for redeeming credit card loyalty points for rewards is an abstract idea ineligible for patent protection, and also held that substitute claims proposed in covered business method review are subject to § 101 scrutiny.
A divided Federal Circuit panel held that American Axle’s patent on a method for tuning a propshaft to reduce vibration was patent-ineligible as directed to the application of Hooke’s Law — drawing sharp dissents and a petition for rehearing that generated significant debate about the sc
The Federal Circuit held that the PTAB may evaluate patent eligibility under § 101 when a patent owner proposes substitute claims during an inter partes review, expanding the PTAB’s authority beyond anticipation and obviousness.
The Federal Circuit upheld the patent eligibility of network traffic monitoring patents under § 101, finding they recite a concrete technical solution to the problem of tracking multi-flow network conversations, but reversed pre-suit damages because the patent owner failed to comply with the patent