Tag Archives: Mayo/Alice

Athena v. Mayo Part II – Iancu v. The Federal Circuit(?)

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Warren Woessner

The 2019 Revised Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance published on January 7th purported to revise the procedures for determining whether a patent claim or patent application claim is “directed to a judicial exception (laws of nature, natural phenomena, and abstract ideas) … Continue reading →

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Mayo Wins in Another s. 101 Appeal – Discovery of a Useful Natural Correlation is not Patent Eligible

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Warren Woessner

By now, once you see the claim, I would not be surprised if any of my loyal readers could not predict how it would fare at the Fed. Circuit. However, this is a worthwhile decision to review, particularly since the … Continue reading →

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USTPO Releases Proposed Revised Section 101 Eligibility Guidelines

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Warren Woessner

On January 7th, the Patent Office released proposed revised s. 101 eligibility examination guidelines for public comment. The proposed Guidelines would supersede MPEP 2016.04(II), the section that controls the analysis conducted at step 2A of the Mayo/Alice test  “to the … Continue reading →

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Legal Wiggle Room in the Joint AIPLA-IPO Proposal on Patentability?

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Warren Woessner

I recently took another look at the Joint AIPLA-IPO Proposal on Patent Eligibility that was prompted by the scheduling of a discussion meeting by the Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association. I confess that I did not participate in either the … Continue reading →

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