Ex parte Halligan
Applying the machine-or-transformation test of Bilski, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences holds that a “programmed computer method” is not patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101.
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Ex parte Cornea-Hasegan
The Board found both a method claim and a computer readable media claim to be non-statutory under 35 U.S.C. § 101 for failing to pass the machine-or-transformation test.