Patent Covering Design Data Transfer Is Ineligible, Federal Circuit Affirms

(August 21, 2023, 1:30 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in Delaware correctly declared a patent directed to the automatic transfer of design data in a computer-aided design (CAD) model to a machine that manufactures the object depicted ineligible for patenting, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Aug. 21....