====== Eligibility (aka Statutory Subject Matter) ======

===== Utility =====

  * [[.statutory_subject_matter:Utility]]

===== Abstract Subject Matter =====

  * **[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:analysis|Legal analyses]]**
  * **[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples|Example case law]]**

**Legally significant cases**

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  * Cites //Diehr// with approval.  //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#diamond_v_diehr_is_still_good_law_posted_03_09_17|Thales Visionix]]// (Fed. Cir.).
  * Suggests //Alice// conflicts with //Diehr//.  //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#is_diamond_v_diehr_still_good_law_posted_03_07_17|TDE Petroleum Data Solutions]]// (Fed. Cir.).
  * Eligible under § 101 if patentable under §§ 102, 103.  //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#fed_cir_suggests_eligible_under_101_if_patentable_under_102_103_posted_07_31_16|BASCOM Global Internet Services]]// (Fed. Cir.).
  * Mitigating risk using shadow recordds.  **//[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#supreme_court_holds_its_nose_of_wax_and_extends_abstract_idea_to_systems_06_19_14|Alice Corp.]]//** (S.Ct.).
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**Eligible subject matter**
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  * Method of using a segment of BIOS memory to store license verification. //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#fed_cir_reverses_finds_license_enforcement_software_patent-eligible_posted_11_19_18|Ancora]]// (Fed. Cir.).
  * User Interface Design. //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#fed_cir_finds_user_interface_design_survives_alice_posted_01_26_18|Core Wireless Licensing]]// (Fed. Cir.).
  * Computer virus scanning tool.  //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#fed_cir_upholds_ndcal_s_finding_on_101_posted_01_10_18|Finjan]]// (Fed. Cir.).
  * Collecting distributed network data for billing.  //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#fed_ciramdocs_network_monitoring_patents_eligible_under_alice_posted_11_02_16|Amdocs v. Openet Telecom]]// (Fed. Cir.).
  * Self-referential database.  //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#fed_cir_reverses_101_invalidity_on_self_referential_database_posted_05_17_16|Enfish]]// (Fed. Cir.).
  * Detecting suspicious network activity and reporting same; and controlling data rate of a user device to reduce congestion.  [[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#delaware_rejects_alice_arguments_posted_04_15_16|Multiple cases]]:  //SRI International// and //Network Congestion Solutions// (Dist. Ct. of Delaware).
  * Graphical user interface.  //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#nd_illinois_upholds_gui_claims_under_alice_posted_05_07_15|Trading Technologies Internat'l]]// (N.D.Ill.).
  * Hybrid web pages "necessarily rooted in computer technology."  //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#federal_circuit_limits_alice_posted_01_04_15|DDR Holdings]]// (Fed. Cir.).
  * Storage medium.  //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#bpai_judges_storage_medium_per_se_statutory_old_news|Ex Parte Hu]]// (BPAI).
  * Identifying network flows is not abstract //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#identifying_network_flows_is_not_abstract_posted_07_29_21|Packet Intelligence v. Netwscout Sys.]]//
  * Advantages need not be artciulated in the claim //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#fed_cir_reversed_stark_on_eligibility_posted_11_16_21|Mentone Solutions LLC v. Elo Touch Solutions Inc.]]// (Fec. Cir.)

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**Ineligible subject matter**
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  * Dual access luggage locks.  //[[ :legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#method_of_screening_luggage_ineligible_posted_02_15_22|Travel Sentry, Inc. v. David A. Tropp]]// 
  * Middle translation layer. //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#middle_translation_software_layer_invalid_under_alice_posted_09_18_18|Automation Middleware Solutions]]// (Fed. Cir.).
  * Ground-breaking non-invasive fetal diagnostics.  //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#fed_cir_toes_line_with_alice_invalidates_groundbreaking_non-invasive_fetal_diagnostics_patent_posted_06_18_15|Ariosa Diagnostics]]// (Fed. Cir.).
  * Establishing "link relationships" between document objects on a network, the link-relationships being "separate from the document objects."  //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#n_d_cal_interprets_alice_posted_01_06_15|Bascom Research LLC]]// (N.D.Cal.).
  * Accessing documents using a memory-constrained device.  //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#delaware_district_judge_amps_up_alice|Cloud Satchel]]// (Dist. Dela.).
  * Forcing users to view a commercial to access media content.  //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#ultramercial_iiifederal_circuit_toes_the_line_11_14_14|Ultramercial III]]// (Fed. Cir.).
  * Bingo.  //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#federal_circuit_applies_benson_alice_in_holding_bingo_patent_non-statutory_08_27_14|Planet bingo]]//.  (Fed. Cir.).
  * Signals.  //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#signal_not_patentable_09_30_07|In re Nujiten]]// (Fed. Cir.).  (See the [[legal:circuit:nuijten| Nuijten page]].)
  * Mental processes, e.g., arbitration resolution.  //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#mental_processes_not_patentable_09_28_07|In re Comiskey]]// (Fed. Cir.)
  * What is a business method patent  //[[legal:validity_and_enforceability:validitity_under_112#supreme_court_un-defines_definiteness_with_reasonable_certainty_updated_08_05_15|Cxloyalty, Inc. v. Maritz Holdings]]// (Fed. Cir.)
  * What the focus of the claimed advance or what the invention is directed to //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#fed_cir_expands_directed_to_in_alice_analysis_posted_02_10_21|Simio, LLC v. Fexsim Software Products, Inc.]]// (Fed. Cir. 2021)
  * Camera having two sensors is abstract //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#federal_circuit_judges_disagree_again_on_alice_posted_06_15_21|Yanbin Yu et al. v. Apple, Inc.]]// (Fed. Cir. 2021)
  * Statistical Models //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#fed_cir_affirms_ptab_finding_that_statistical_model_is_ineligible_posted_07_29_21|In re Bd. of Trs. of the Leland Stanford Junior Univ.]]// (Fed. Cir.)
  * Claims are not required to articulate an advantage //[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples#claims_need_not_articulate_advantage_for_eligibility_posted_09_14_21|Uniloc USA Inc. et al. v. LG Electronics USA Inc. et al.]]//
  * Heart monitor waveform filter //[[https://www.patentblurb.com/doku.php?id=legal:statutory_subject_matter:examples&do=edit#heart_monitor_waveform_filter_not_patent-eligible_posted_11_01_21|CardioNet v. Infobionic]]// (Fed. Cir.)


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==== Bilski Line ====

  * **[[legal:statutory_subject_matter:bilski|Bilski Line of cases]]**