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SCOTUS Scraps Recentive’s Petition Seeking Clarity on Eligibility for Machine Learning Claims

“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 ...
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Patent Claims Applying Machine Learning Methods to New Environment Do Not Withstand § 101 Scrutiny

Before Dyk, Prost, and Goldberg. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: The Federal Circuit found that claims applying established methods of machine ...
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Not A Categorical Ban: Federal Circuit Narrowed Spectrum of Patent Eligible Machine Learning Claims

Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp., No. 23-2437 (Fed. Cir. 2025) – On April 18, 2025, the Federal Circuit upheld the district court’s dismissal of the case on the ground that the patents were ...
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Fox Succeeds in Scrapping Machine Learning Claims at CAFC Under 101

“[T]he only thing the claims disclose about the use of machine learning is that machine learning is used in a new environment.” – CAFC The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on ...