ARE Patent Law Alert:
USPTO Updates Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility With New Examples Of Patent-Eligible Subject Matter

As we reported last November, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) has continued to update its guidance to examiners on patent-eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as the Federal Circuit continues to issue decisions providing examples of patent-eligible subject matter.   In December, the PTO issued additional guidance including:   ·       Subject Matter Eligibility […]

ARE Patent Law Alert: Federal Circuit Reverses District Court on Patent Eligibility, Finding a Biological Method Patent Eligible

On July 5, 2015, the Federal Circuit released a decision in Rapid Litigation Management Ltd., formerly Celsis Holdings, Inc. v. Cellzdirect, Inc., No. 2015-1570 (Fed. Cir. July 5, 2016). The case continues the Federal Circuit’s recent trend of decisions in favor of patent eligibility.  On May 12, 2016, the Federal Circuit confirmed that not all […]