17 Cited authorities

Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International
573 U.S. 208 (2014) Cited 1,355 times 506 Legal Analyses
Holding ineligible patent claims directed to the concept of "intermediated settlement," i.e., the use of a third party to mitigate the risk that only one party to an agreed-upon financial exchange will satisfy its obligation
Bilski v. Kappos
561 U.S. 593 (2010) Cited 803 times 158 Legal Analyses
Holding claims directed to hedging risk ineligible
Ass'n for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.
569 U.S. 576 (2013) Cited 441 times 147 Legal Analyses
Holding that "a naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated"
Content Extraction & Transmission LLC v. Wells Fargo Bank
776 F.3d 1343 (Fed. Cir. 2014) Cited 590 times 20 Legal Analyses
Holding claims directed to the "abstract idea of 1
DDR Holdings, LLC v. Hotels.com, L.P.
773 F.3d 1245 (Fed. Cir. 2014) Cited 511 times 92 Legal Analyses
Holding claims on maintaining website look-and-feel patent-eligible because claims were "necessarily rooted in computer technology in order to overcome a problem specifically arising in the realm of computer networks"
Gottschalk v. Benson
409 U.S. 63 (1972) Cited 497 times 59 Legal Analyses
Holding claim involving mathematical formula invalid under § 101 that did not preempt a mathematical formula
Cybersource Corp.. v. Retail Decisions Inc.
654 F.3d 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2011) Cited 278 times 22 Legal Analyses
Holding that a claim whose "steps can be performed in the human mind, or by a human using a pen and paper" is directed to an "unpatentable mental process"
Accenture Global Servs. v. Guidewire Software, Inc.
728 F.3d 1336 (Fed. Cir. 2013) Cited 234 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that claims lacked an inventive concept despite identifying several specific components used in the application
SiRF Technology, Inc. v. International Trade Commission
601 F.3d 1319 (Fed. Cir. 2010) Cited 173 times 12 Legal Analyses
Holding that "[a]bsent the voluntary joinder of all co-owners of a patent, a co-owner acting alone" lacks standing to sue for patent infringement
State Contract Eng. v. Condotte America
346 F.3d 1057 (Fed. Cir. 2003) Cited 115 times
Finding issue of material fact precluding summary judgment given conflicting expert testimony as to whether a prior art reference was analogous
Section 282 - Presumption of validity; defenses
35 U.S.C. § 282 Cited 3,891 times 132 Legal Analyses
Granting a presumption of validity to patents
Section 101 - Inventions patentable
35 U.S.C. § 101 Cited 3,389 times 2187 Legal Analyses
Defining patentable subject matter as "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof."

Rothschild Storage Retrieval Innovations, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al

17 Cited authorities

Holding ineligible patent claims directed to the concept of "intermediated settlement," i.e., the use of a third party to mitigate the risk that only one party to an agreed-upon financial exchange will satisfy its obligation

Holding claims directed to hedging risk ineligible

Holding that "a naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated"

Holding claims directed to the "abstract idea of 1

Holding claims on maintaining website look-and-feel patent-eligible because claims were "necessarily rooted in computer technology in order to overcome a problem specifically arising in the realm of computer networks"

Holding claim involving mathematical formula invalid under § 101 that did not preempt a mathematical formula

Holding that a claim whose "steps can be performed in the human mind, or by a human using a pen and paper" is directed to an "unpatentable mental process"

Holding that claims lacked an inventive concept despite identifying several specific components used in the application

Holding that "[a]bsent the voluntary joinder of all co-owners of a patent, a co-owner acting alone" lacks standing to sue for patent infringement

Finding issue of material fact precluding summary judgment given conflicting expert testimony as to whether a prior art reference was analogous

Granting a presumption of validity to patents

Defining patentable subject matter as "any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof."