Electric Power Group is dangerous for AI patents

Danger is lurking for artificial intelligence (AI) patents: it’s the Electric Power Group line of cases from the Federal Circuit involving patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. I’ve been warning about this for years. In Electric Power Group (2016), the Federal Circuit found that data gathering, analysis, and display is an abstract idea.…

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Empirical summary of Federal Circuit 35 U.S.C. § 101 cases post Alice

The patentability landscape for computer-related inventions under 35 U.S.C. § 101 post Alice can be difficult to reconcile. So, I created the following graph to help simplify things. This graph reflects an empirical analysis of the Federal Circuit case law since Alice. The y-axis shows patent eligibility based on the patent’s claims, with those drafted…

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