No. 20-439

Mantissa Corporation v. Ondot Systems, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-06
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 35-usc-101 abstract-idea alice-exception fact-finding patent-eligibility pre-emption section-101 technical-field
Latest Conference: 2020-12-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

1) Has this Court's Alice exception to patent-eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101
been improperly expanded to cover computer-implemented inventions that,
while not necessarily improving the functioning of a computer, do "effect an
improvement in [another] technology or technical field"?

2) Should courts acts as fact finders in determining material factual issues
underlying patent-eligibility under § 101?

3) Should the abstract-idea exception to § 101 require considering pre-emption?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Alice exception to patent-eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 improperly cover inventions that improve another technology or technical field?

Docket Entries

2020-12-07
Petition DENIED.
2020-11-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/4/2020.
2020-09-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 5, 2020)

Attorneys

Mantissa Corporation
Anthony John DemarcoYoung Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane, P.C., Petitioner