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· 10/8/1970

Opinion No. 70-238 (1970) Ag

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  • finding claims not abstract because they “focused on a specific asserted improvement in computer animation”
  • finding patent eligibility where \[t]he claimed process uses a combined order of specific rules that renders information into a specific format that is then used and applied to create desired results\
  • \[C]ourts 'must be careful to avoid oversimplifying the claims' by looking at them generally and failing to account for the specific requirements of the claims.\
  • “[C]ourts ‘must be careful to avoid oversimplifying the claims’ by looking at them generally and failing to account for the specific requirements of the claims.”
  • “The abstract idea exception prevents patenting a result where ‘it matters not by what process or machinery the result is accomplished.’”
  • \[C]ourts 'must be careful to avoid oversimplifying the claims' by looking at them generally and failing to account for the specific requirements of the claims.\

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