No. 20-439
Mantissa Corporation v. Ondot Systems, Inc., et al.
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 Demarco — Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane, P.C., Petitioner