Summary
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has reversed a district court's decision, ruling that Berkeley*IEOR's profitability-calculation patent claims are ineligible under Section 101.
- The CAFC found that the claims were directed to an abstract idea and that the inventive concept of parallel processing was not required by the claim language.
- This decision stems from a lawsuit filed by Berkeley against Teradata Operations, Inc. and W.W. Grainger, Inc., alleging patent infringement across three patents.
- The ruling underscores the challenges faced by patent holders in proving eligibility when claims can be practiced without the alleged inventive concepts.
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