In Berkheimer v. HP Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit affirmed in part and vacated in part a district
court's grant of summary judgment of patent ineligibility under
35 U.S.C. § 1011. The Federal Circuit made clear
that patent ineligibility under Section 101 is, like
indefiniteness, enablement and obviousness, a question of law that
"may contain underlying factual issues," particularly as
to whether the claims recite steps that are merely well-understood,
routine and conventional for a person of ordinary skill in the art,
and thus insufficient to transform an abstract idea into a
patentable invention2. By reaffirming that Section 101
is not a pure question of law, this decision could make it more
difficult for district courts to grant summary judgment to
invalidate claims as patent ineligible, and could further impact
the US Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) burden during
examination as well.
Steven Berkh
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