Patent Ineligibility Findings Partly Affirmed, Partly Vacated By Federal Circuit

Mealey's (February 9, 2018, 8:04 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Illinois federal judge erred in granting summary judgment that four claims of a digital file archival system are ineligible for patent protection under Section 101 of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. § 101, but properly rejected four other claims, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals concluded Feb. 8 (Steven Berkheimer v. HP Inc., No. 17-1437, Fed. Cir.)....