Patent Eligibility: Underlying Questions of Fact

by Dennis Crouch Important statement from the Federal Circuit today on the factual underpinnings of the eligibility analysis: While patent eligibility is ultimately a question of law, the district court erred in concluding there are no underlying factual questions to the Ā§ 101 inquiry. Whether something is well-understood, routine, andĀ conventional to a skilled artisan at … Continue reading Patent Eligibility: Underlying Questions of Fact