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New USPTO Guidance Hones AI-Related Patent Eligibility Criteria

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued new guidance on patent subject matter eligibility, specifically concerning AI inventions. This guidance aims to assist patent examiners in assessing whether claims in a...more

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Bioinformatics Patents – Subject Matter Eligibility In 2022

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The increasing presence of data-driven solutions in the healthcare and life sciences sector is apparent from the rise in numbers of patents and patent applications. The number of published bioinformatics patents and patent...more

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Federal Circuit affirms PTAB finding of patent ineligibility: a “new or different use of a mathematical process” is still a...

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On March 11, 2021, the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s finding that claims directed to a novel mathematical process to generate genetic inheritance data was patent ineligible under 35 U.S.C.S. § 101 and Alice. In In re...more

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Machine Learning to Evaluate Genetic Data Held to be Patent Ineligible

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The Federal Circuit recently affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) finding that certain claims related to genetic inheritance data analysis are patent ineligible.  The claims at issue sought to protect applying a...more

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Method for Determining Haplotype Phase Found Subject Matter Ineligible

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In an appeal from a final rejection of a pending application, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that claims directed to methods for determining “haplotype phase” were correctly rejected under 35 USC § 101...more

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Federal Circuit Rules Public Key Cryptography Algorithm Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101

Note:  The below is a sarcastic parody, in the spirit of our earlier sarcastic parodies. WASHINGTON D.C., June 23, 1984.  In a unanimous decision, the Federal Circuit has ruled U.S. Patent No. 4,405,829 invalid under 35...more

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