Universal Secure Registry, LLC. v. Apple, Inc., Visa, Inc., Visa U.S.A. Inc.
To pass muster under the Alice two-step test, the claims must provide sufficient specificity to constitute an improvement to computer functionality itself.
To pass muster under the Alice two-step test, the claims must provide sufficient specificity to constitute an improvement to computer functionality itself.
If an algorithm can be claimed so as to be a machine claim then it is patentable under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The conversion of data into another form of data is patentable if embodied in a machine to carry out this task.