Ex parte Lundgren

Case Number: CLB0094

Date: 09.28.2005

Citation: 76 U.S.P.Q.2d 1385 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. 2005)

There is no judicially recognized “technological arts” test; a method claim that applies an algorithm to produce a useful, concrete, and tangible result is directed to statutory subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101, irrespective of whether the claimed invention is directed to the “technological arts.”

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