Panel Affirms Rejection Of Patent Application Under Section 101

Mealey's (December 12, 2019, 12:36 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Dec. 10 ruling, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a determination by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that a claimed computer-conducted method of identifying tax entitlement is ineligible for patenting (In re:  Mark Alfred Greenstein, No. 19-1520, Fed. Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 36494)....