The Federal Circuit’s holding emphasizes the importance of including an inventive concept in future applications of machine learning if an inventor wishes to obtain or enforce a patent. As the Federal ...

On April 18, in Recentive Analytics, Inc., v. Fox Corp., which presented a question of first impression, the Federal Circuit held that claims that do no more than apply established methods of machine ...

“On appeal, the CAFC agreed that ‘the patents are directed to the abstract idea of using a generic machine learning technique in a particular environment, with no inventive concept’.” The U.S. Supreme ...

The Recentive decision exemplifies the Federal Circuit’s skepticism toward claims that dress up longstanding business problems in machine-learning garb, while the USPTO’s examples confirm that ...

“To maximize the likelihood that applications and patents will be found eligible under Section 101 by the USPTO and courts [after Recentive], applicants should carefully craft a narrative of a ...

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