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Category Archives: Patent Eligible Subject Matter
The Solicitor’s Holistic Approach to the Mayo/Alice Analysis in American Axle
This is not exactly breaking news, and other commentators have discussed it, but I think that the Solicitor General’s Amicus Brief urging the Supreme Court to grant cert. in American Axle v. Neapco Holdings, Appeal No. 20-891 (May 2022) contains … Continue reading
CareDx v. Natera – Are Processing Steps Known to the Art Always “Conventional”?
In CareDx (Stanford U.) v. Natera Civ. Action No. 19-0567-CFC-CJB Consolidated (Sept. 28, 2021, D. Delaware), Judge Connolly ruled that the diagnostic method claimed in U. S. Pat. No. 8,703,652 and two others was a patent-ineligible natural phenomenon. The method … Continue reading
Yu v. Apple – Transubstantiation of a Machine into an Abstract Idea
Every time the courts re-define a mechanical device as an abstract idea, I struggle with the rationale that is applied to evaluate the claimed subject matter for patent eligibility under s. 101. I am not a computer scientist so the … Continue reading
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Neapco’s Brief in Opposition to AA’s Petition for Cert.
On March 31, 2021, Neapco Holdings LLC filed its Brief in Opposition to American Axle’s Petition for Cert. If you need a refresher on the proceedings to date, please read (or re-read) the analyses I posted on Jan. 11, 2021 … Continue reading