No. 21-364

Sarada Mohapatra v. Drew Hirshfeld, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2021-09-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 35-usc-101 alice-doctrine alice-mayo citizen-inventors computer-implemented-invention mayo-framework non-preemptive-solution patent patent-eligibility practical-solutions preemption process-improvement
Key Terms:
Antitrust Patent Trademark Privacy
Latest Conference: 2021-10-08
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether computer-based process improvement by Citizen patent applications for inventions Inventors - characterized by narrow and well-defined practical solutions to clearly identified actual/existing problems which do not preempt any future inventions - be deemed abstract in Alice /Mayo analysis for patent eligibility.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether computer-based process improvement patent applications for inventions by Citizen Inventors — characterized by narrow and well-defined practical solutions to clearly identified actual/existing problems which do not preempt any future inventions be deemed abstract in Alice/Mayo analysis for patent eligibility

Docket Entries

2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-13
Waiver of right of respondent Drew Hirshfeld to respond filed.
2021-08-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 8, 2021)

Attorneys

Drew Hirshfeld
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Sarada Mohapatra
Sarada Mohapatra — Petitioner