Fed Circuit Case Addresses Patentable Subject Matter

1/23/17 - Federal Circuit suggests in a nonprecedential opinion that technological modification including software modifications to "solve a problem or improve the functioning of a known system generally produce patent-eligible subject matter. ... [I]neligible claims generally lack steps or limitations specific to solution of a problem, or improvement in the functioning of technology." Read more.


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