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Because the Court found that the
self-referential table concept being
patented was not an abstract idea, it
did not need to address the second
step of the Alice test: whether something had been added to the claimed
invention to bring an abstract idea
back into the realm of patent-eligible
subject matter.
Surviving the analysis of the U.S.
Supreme Court's decision in Alice
does not complete a patent's journey
to success. It must also pass the
other tests for patentability:
■■a disclosure of the invention that
enables those who would implement the invention to do so without
undue experimentation
Surviving the analysis of
the U.S. Supreme Court's
decision in Alice does not
complete a patent's
journey to success.
■■clear
claims so the public can
understand what is protected and
what is not protected
■■an invention that differs from the
prior art and is sufficiently different from the prior art that those
of ordinary skill in the art would
not have found the invention to
be obvious.
September 2016
For software patentees, amid a
flurry of bad news, decisions like
Enfish provide hope that, perhaps,
some software inventions can continue to be patented.
About the Author
Art MacCord (amaccord@
maccordmason.com) has practiced
patent, trademark, copyright, and
trade-secret law for over 35 years
and is a graduate of the University
of Virginia and George Washington
University Law School. He currently practices with MacCord Mason
PLLC in Greensboro, North Carolina,
United States.
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