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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2479 Ex Parte Siomina et al 13997735 - (D) BRANCH 102/103 COATS & BENNETT, PLLC NGUYEN, HANH N

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3735 Ex Parte Iyengar et al 12882761 - (D) DOUGAL 101 Larson & Anderson, LLC JANG, CHRISTIAN YONGKYUN

The Federal Circuit has instructed that “[t]he ‘directed to’ inquiry . . . [does not] simply ask whether the claims involve a patent-ineligible concept, because essentially every routinely patent-eligible claim involving physical products and actions involves a law of nature and/or natural phenomenon.”  Enfish, LLC v. Microsoft Corp., 822 F.3d 1327, 1335 (Fed. Cir. 2016).  The Courts continues: “the ‘directed to’ inquiry applies a stage-one filter to claims, considered in light of the specification, based on whether ‘their character as a whole is directed to excluded subject matter.’”  Id. (citing Internet Patents Corp. v. Active Network, Inc., 790 F.3d 1343, 1346 (Fed. Cir. 2015).

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3749 Ex Parte Cameron et al 13510108 - (D) STEPINA 103 103 The Linde Group LIN, KO-WEI

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1786 Ex Parte Lim et al 12817775 - (D) BEST 103 WHITHAM, CURTIS & COOK, P.C. REA, CHRISTINE

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3628 Ex Parte Kho et al 12959012 - (D) FETTING 101/102/103 Fabian Vancott IBM CORPORATION FLYNN, KEVIN H

3629 Ex Parte Beckers 12044376 - (D) FETTING 101/103 STAAS & HALSEY LLP MCCORMICK, GABRIELLE A

A payment determination is a quantitative mathematical algorithm, which by itself has long been held to be an abstract idea. See RecogniCorp, LLC v. Nintendo Co., Ltd., 855 F.3d 1322, 1327 (Fed. Cir. 2017) (“A process that started with data, added an algorithm, and ended with a new form of data was directed to an abstract idea.”)

3685 Ex Parte IBRAHIM et al 13481082 - (D) FETTING 103 101/103 Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C. MCINTYRE, CHARLES AARON

3688 Ex Parte Greenspun 13681142 - (D) FETTING 101/112(1)/112(2)/103 STOEL RIVES LLP - SLC PATEL, DIPEN M

microsoft, internet patents, digitech, cybersource

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REVERSED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2487 Ex Parte Liu et al 13156552 - (D) BEAMER 103 McClure Qualey & Rodack LLP BECK, LERON

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3622 Ex Parte Zinn et al 11696888 - (D) WORTH 103 Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083 DURAN, ARTHUR D

3654 Ex Parte Suchecki 12902917 - (D) WORTH 112(2)/103 MCCOY RUSSELL LLP TRUONG, MINH D

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3763 Ex Parte Santos et al 12444000 - (D) PER CURIAM 103 ALCON LEE, WENG WAH

3788 Ex Parte Tang et al 12909999 - (D) HOELTER 103 ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA

AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1713 Ex Parte SCHIER 12776110 - (D) WILSON 103 103 Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. (Lam) PHAM, THOMAS T

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2691 Ex Parte Moore et al 13435140 - (D) KHAN 103 103 HP Inc. PARK, SANGHYUK

Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2813 Ex Parte Hoffmann et al 12452955 - (D) McMANUS 103 103 Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC KING, SUN MI KIM

AFFIRMED
Tech Center 1600 Biotechnology and Organic Chemistry
1644 Ex Parte Chang et al 13483761 - (D) KATZ 103 IMMUNOMEDICS, INC. HUYNH, PHUONG N

Tech Center 1700 Chemical & Materials Engineering
1714 Ex Parte Lindfors 12154879 - (D) PRAISS 103 ZIEGLER IP LAW GROUP, LLC. BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A

1768 Ex Parte DES JARLAIS et al 13434698 - (D) INGLESE 103 Svendsen Legal, LLC CHANG, JOSEPHINE L

Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2167 Ex Parte Dewall et al 13326928 - (D) WINSOR 103 Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. RAYYAN, SUSAN F

Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2434 Ex Parte Mahendrakar et al 14246991 - (D) BUI 101 NEAL, GERBER, & EISENBERG SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B

Nevertheless, information as such is intangible. See Microsoft Corp. v. AT & T Corp., 550 U.S. 437, 451 n.12 (2007). Information collection and analysis, including when limited to particular content, is within the realm of abstract ideas. See, e.g., Internet Patents Corp. v. Active Network, Inc., 790 F.3d 1343, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2015); Digitech Image Techs., LLC v. Elecs. for Imaging, Inc., 758 F.3d 1344, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2014); and CyberSource Corp. v. Retail Decisions, Inc., 654 F.3d 1366, 1370 (Fed. Cir. 2011).

Digitech Image Tech., LLC v. Electronics for Imaging, Inc., 758 F.3d 1344, 111 USPQ2d 1717 (Fed. Cir. 2014) 2106

Cybersource Corp. v. Retail Decisions, Inc., 654 F.3d 1366, 99 USPQ2d 1690 (Fed. Cir. 2011) 2106

2445 Ex Parte Saunders et al 13831593 - (D) BUI 103 MPG, LLP and Zynga Inc. JAKOVAC, RYAN J

Tech Center 2600 Communications
2653 Ex Parte Champion 13137552 - (D) SHAW 103 HAVERSTOCK & OWENS, LLP SIEGEL, DAVID F

Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3646 Ex Parte Troesken et al 12735160 - (D) HORNER 103 COLLARD & ROE, P.C. NGUYEN, CHUONG P

Tech Center 3700 Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products & Design
3715 Ex Parte Kotlyar et al 12420764 - (D) OSINSKI 103 HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP - Colorado Springs FRISBY, KESHA

3735 Ex Parte Cohen et al 12592630 - (D) PER CURIAM 102/103 WILLIAM W. JONES KUHLMAN, CATHERINE BURK

3762 Ex Parte Kampa et al 12912563 - (D) MURPHY 103 PACESETTER, INC. FLORY, CHRISTOPHER A

REHEARING

DENIED
Tech Center 2400 Networking, Multiplexing, Cable, and Security
2447 Ex Parte HARPUR et al 13270422 - (D) BAUMEISTER 103 Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC LIN, SHERMAN L