USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) rejection of a patent claim, alleging the claim is not significantly more than an abstract idea under 35 USC §101, is a frequent and often frustrating occurrence during patent...more
What is in the preamble of a patent claim? And, can the contents of the preamble influence the claim examination process? Ever since the US Supreme Court ruling in Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, et...more
Ever since the Supreme Court ruling on Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, et al., patent practitioners have seen an historic increase in the number of 35 USC §101 “abstract ideas” rejections of patent...more
During patent prosecution, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) may reject claims in a patent application as being directed to an abstract idea as a judicial exception to patent eligible subject matter under 35 USC...more