Kilpatrick Townsend attorney Kate Gaudry recently presented on “Eligibility-Rejection Trends: Within and Beyond Business-Method Art Units” as part of the Landslide Webinar Series.

Key takeaways from Dr. Gaudry’s presentation include: -

Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l was issued in 2014 and held multiple business-method patents to be invalid under § 101. Much attention was given to the plummeting allowance rates that followed in the business-method art units. While eligibility rejections remain extremely prevalent, allowance rates are now nearing creeping higher.