Panel Affirms: Digital Floral Arrangement Method Not Patentable

Mealey's (January 19, 2021, 1:59 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 13 upheld a rejection by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of an application to patent a method of creating a floral arrangement on an electronic display screen, agreeing with the agency that the claimed method runs afoul of Section 101 of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. § 101....