Innovation & intellectual property · 20/04/2018

US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Clarifies Well-Understood, Routine, Conventional Activities for Patent Eligibility

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has issued a decision on whether a claim element represents well-understood, routine, conventional activities to a skilled artisan in the relevant field. The USPTO has implemented this decision in a recent memorandum, clarifying that such conclusions must be based on factual determinations.