How-to-Practice-Patent-Law-After-Alice

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PNC v Secure Access (PTAB)Decided September 9, 2014• CBM instituted on §103, not on §101• NO §101 Step 1 abstract idea!• PTAB Panel does limited claims construction first, and looks at the claim as a whole re§101 Step 1• As a whole, claim 1 “relates to a computer-implemented method to transform data in aparticular manner – by inserting an authenticity key to create formatted data, enabling aparticular type of computer file to be located and from which an authenticity stamp isretrieved.”• Not like Alice or Bilski - a “fundamental economic practice” or a “building block ofthe modern economy”• No “sufficient persuasive evidentiary support” that alleged abstract idea of “placingof a trusted stamp or seal on a document” is a “fundamental economic practice” or a“building block of the modern economy”16
PNC v Secure Access (PTAB)Decided September 9, 2014• PTAB panel distinguishes CyberSource (mere collection andorganization of data does not satisfy the transformation prong in theMoT test) and Grams (data gathering steps ineligible):• CyberSource’s claim not ineligible abstract idea merely because ofmanipulation or reorganization of data, but ALSO because it could beperformed in the human mind – not so here• Claim recites “transforming…at an authentication host computer”and “returning…from the authentication host computer” – not justdata gathering• Satisfies transformation prong of MoT test:• Claim recites “transforming” one thing (received data) “to create”something else (formatted data) and a particular manner oftransforming (by inserting an authenticity key)17
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Page 3 and 4: John KongWesterman, Hattori, Daniel
Page 5 and 6: Pre-Alice re §101• Bilski (2010)
Page 7 and 8: S. Ct.’s §101 Test• Mayo appli
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Page 23 and 24: Salesforce.com v VirtualagilityDeci
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Page 27 and 28: Surviving §101 Step 2• Include a
Page 29 and 30: Richard HolzerHolzerIPLaw, PC2929
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Page 33 and 34: Patent Eligibility• Supreme Court
Page 35 and 36: Surprising USPTO Results• Recentl
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