REVERSED
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1756 Ex Parte Fuller et al 13899278 - (D) SNAY 103 Scheinberg & Associates, PC ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A
Tech Center 2600 Communications
2642 Ex Parte Miller 14152547 - (D) DANG 103 Holland & Hart LLP (ViaSat) SCHWARTZ, JOSHUA L
AFFIRMED-IN-PART
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2177 Ex Parte Saund et al 14062934 - (D) POTHIER 102/103 102 FAY SHARPE LLP / XEROX - PARC BLACKWELL, JAMES H
AFFIRMED
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1732 Ex Parte Shooshtari 13490638 - (D) SNAY 103 JOHNS MANVILLE QIAN,YUN
Tech Center 2100 Computer Architecture and Software
2129 Ex Parte WOODS-HOLDER 13465287 - (D) KRIVAK 103 NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC BEJCEK II, ROBERT H
Tech Center 2800 Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
2837 Ex Parte Van Lieshout et al 14409922 - (D) PRAISS 102 PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER
Tech Center 3600 Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review
3627 Ex Parte Evans 14021609 - (D) CRAWFORD 101 Devlin Law Firm LLC Collections Marketing Center, Inc. AMSDELL, DANA
3683 Ex Parte MCKENZIE et al 12890523 - (D) PINKERTON 112(2)/101/103 RUTAN & TUCKER, LLP TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN
Although the ultimate determination of eligibility is a question of law, our reviewing court recently held “[t]he patent eligibility inquiry may contain underlying issues of fact.” Berkheimer v. HP Inc., No. 2017-1437, 2018 WL 774096, at *6 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 8, 2018) (quoting Mortg. Grader, Inc. v. First Choice Loan Servs. Inc., 811 F.3d 1314, 1325 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (“[t]he § 101 inquiry ‘may contain underlying factual issues’”)). The court in Berkheimer also held “[w]hen there is no genuine issue of material fact regarding whether the claim element or claimed combination is well-understood, routine, conventional to a skilled artisan in the relevant field, this issue can be decided on summary judgment as a matter of law.” Berkheimer, 2018 WL 774096, at *13. Thus, evidence may be helpful where, for instance, facts are in dispute, but evidence is not always necessary.
Mortgage Grader, Inc. v. First Choice Loan Servs., 811 F.3d. 1314, 117 USPQ2d 1693 (Fed. Cir. 2015) 2106.04(a)(2)
REHEARING
DENIED
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1773 Ex Parte Brown et al 13430417 - (D) WILSON 103 Hovey Williams LLP SAVAGE, MATTHEW O
