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Federal Circuit· 12/8/2010

Research Corp. Technologies, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp.

Citations

  • 627 F.3d 859
  • 97 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1274
  • 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 24984
  • 2010 WL 4971008

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a process is patent eligible subject matter when it “presents functional and palpable application in the field of computer technology.”
  • holding that a process is patent eligible subject matter when it “presents functional and palpable application in the field of computer technology.”
  • reversing a summary judgment finding by a district court regarding patent validity based on priority
  • determining whether the claims are so manifestly abstract \as to override the broad statutory categories of eligible subject matter and the statutory context that directs primary attention on the patentability criteria of the rest of the Patent Act\
  • determining whether the claims are so manifestly abstract “as to override the broad statutory categories of eligible subject matter and the statutory context that directs primary attention on the patentability criteria of the rest of the Patent Act”
  • “[I]nventions with specific applications or improvements to technologies in the marketplace are not likely to be so abstract that they override the statutory language and framework of the Patent Act.”

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Judges: Rader, Newman, Plager

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