FAIRWARNING IP, LLC v. IATRIC SYSTEMS, INC. (Fed. Cir. 2016) (P) – The automation of rule-processing is an abstract idea if the improvement is the automation not the rule

by | Oct 11, 2016 | [sub] Alice step one, Subject Matter Eligibility

The automation of rule-processing is a merely directed to an abstract idea if it is the automation rather than the rule that improves a technological process. Here, for example, claims reciting the automation of fraud and misuse detection were found to be directed to...

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...

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...

TLI COMMUNICATIONS LLC v. AV AUTOMOTIVE, L.L.C. (Fed. Cir. 2016) (P) – Claims reciting conventional technology without addressing its problems are directed to an abstract idea

by | May 17, 2016 | [sub] Alice step one, Subject Matter Eligibility

The use of conventional technology in a well-known environment that does not address any problems presented by the conventional technology is generally directed to an abstract idea under step one of the Mayo/Alice framework. Here, for example, attaching classification...

ENFISH, LLC v. MICROSOFT CORPORATION (Fed. Cir. 2016) (P) – Improvement to computer functionality is not an abstract idea under step one of the Mayo/Alice framework

by | May 12, 2016 | [sub] Alice step one, Subject Matter Eligibility

Improvement to computer functionality is not an abstract idea under step one of the Mayo/Alice framework. Here, for example, claims directed to a “self-referential” logical model for a computer database were found to be sufficiently concrete rather than abstract...

MORTGAGE GRADER, INC. v. FIRST CHOICE LOAN SERVICES (Fed. Cir. 2016) (P) – Operations that can be performed by humans without a computer are generally directed to an abstract idea

by | Jan 20, 2016 | [sub] Alice step one, Subject Matter Eligibility

Operations that can be performed by humans without a computer are generally directed to an abstract idea despite any further recitation of computer hardware. Here, for example, a method of anonymously evaluating a potential borrower for a loan using a third-party...