step back August 17, 2018 08:41 pm. MM @43. The Alice/Mayo 101 “abstract idea” rejections are not as simple as that. What they (the SCOTeti and their minion Fed.

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down many patents on the grounds that they are invalid as directed to an abstract idea, relying on the Supreme Court’s Alice decision. In In re ...

The patent eligibility exception of 35 U.S.C. § 101 for abstract ideas is such an implicit statutory exception, as the Supreme Court made clear in noting that it has “long held that th[e ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that using a computer to implement an abstract idea does not make that invention eligible for a patent. At issue in the case, Alice Corp. v. CLS ...

An abstract idea is not patentable simply because it is tied to a computer system, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled, potentially making it more difficult to patent some software in the future.

USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) rejection of a patent claim, alleging the claim is not significantly more than an abstract idea under 35 USC §101, is a frequent and often ...

Navigating the Intersection of AI and Abstract Ideas: The Federal Circuit’s Decision in Recentive and the USPTO’s AI‑Eligibility Guidance 9 minute read May 27, 2025. By. Rob Maier.