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Intellectual Property Report - August 2024

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Be an Expert: Precedential PTAB Decision on Conclusory Expert TestimonyStutti TilwaA recent precedential decision from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) may serve as a warning for those parties who plan on relying on...more

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Decoding Algorithms: Structural Sufficiency for Means-Plus-Function Claim Judged From Skilled Artisan’s Perspective

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reiterated that in the context of construing computer-implemented means-plus-function limitations, if the specification discloses some arguable algorithm, even if a party...more

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Federal Circuit Review - March 2021

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Corresponding Structure Snafu: Lack of Algorithm Renders Claims Indefinite - In Rain Computing, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Appeal No. 20-1646, the Federal Circuit held that the structure for performing a...more

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Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Decisions Holding Computer-Based Diagnostic Method Claims Ineligible

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Decision highlights the need for applicants to focus on additional improvements to technology when drafting and prosecuting applications directed to computer-implemented diagnostics methods. On March 25, 2021, the Federal...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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Algorithm Required Where Corresponding Structure to Means-Plus-Function Term Is Computer-Implemented

The US Court of Appeals vacated a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) obviousness decision, finding that the disputed means-plus-function term was computer-implemented and therefore required the corresponding structure to...more

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The Patentability of Encryption Inventions

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Encryption seems to be in the news quite a bit lately. Electronic retailers and government organizations have become targets of computer hackers across the globe, attacking their servers and obtaining sensitive information...more

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