Board Correctly Declared Claims Patent-Ineligible, Federal Circuit Says

Mealey's (December 10, 2018, 1:56 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 7 found no error in a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that upheld an examiner’s rejection of four patent claims (In re: Robert E. Downing, No. 18-1795, Fed. Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 34464)....