Panel Says Virtual Crowd Control Technology Is Ineligible For Patenting

Mealey's (March 10, 2022, 1:23 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 10 summarily upheld findings by a Massachusetts federal judge that a method of maintaining “crowd control” in a virtual network recited in the claims was correctly deemed ineligible for patenting under Section 101 of the Patent Act....