Method Of Electronic Check Processing Is Patent-Ineligible, Panel Says

Mealey's (July 31, 2019, 10:56 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a July 31 holding, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals agreed with two appellants that five claims of a patented method for processing electronic checks do not pass muster under Section 101 of the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. § 101 (Solutran Inc. v. U.S. Bancorp, et al., No. 19-1345, Fed. Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 22516)....