Hey Mechanical Engineers: Your Patents are Also Ineligible

by Dennis Crouch American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. v. Neapco Holdings LLC (Fed. Cir. 2019) This case focuses on Neapco’s U.S. Patent 7,774,911 that D.Del. Judge Stark found to lack eligibility. On appeal a divided panel has affirmed — with Judges Dyk and Taranto supporting invalidity and Judge Moore writing in dissent. The ‘911 patent … Continue reading Hey Mechanical Engineers: Your Patents are Also Ineligible