I always enjoy the Docket Report’s posts on patent eligibility decisions. They are available at this [link]. While not scientific by any stretch of the imagination, it is interesting to look at how the posts seem to reflect that more and more patents are being found patent eligible by the district courts. For example, in July of 2015, all nine cases covered had a decision reflecting patent ineligibility (0-9). In January 2016, the cases covered were (3-4) — three cases favoring patent eligibility and four favoring patent ineligibility. In January 2017, the cases covered went (5-2) — five decisions favoring patent eligibility and two cases reflecting patent ineligibility. The links are below. I think my favorite one is from December 1, 2016 “Newly Assigned Judge Vacates Earlier Summary Judgment Invalidating Advertising Campaign Analysis Patents Under 35 U.S.C. § 101.”
July 2015
Friday, July 31, 2015
Personal Computer Lottery Game Patent Likely Unpatentable Under 35 USC § 101
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Emergency Call Analysis Patent Invalid Under 35 USC § 101
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Fighter Jet Motion-Tracking Patent Invalid Under 35 USC § 101
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Business Intelligence Patents Invalid Under 35 USC § 101
Friday, July 17, 2015
On-Demand Media Bookmarking Patent Invalid Under 35 USC § 101
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Computer Configuration Migration Patents Invalid Under 35 USC § 101
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Mass Transit Payment Processing Patents Invalid Under 35 USC § 101
Distributed Processing Patents Invalid Under 35 USC § 101
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Kickstarter Invalidates Crowd-Funding Patent Under 35 U.S.C.§ 101
January 2016
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Financing Package Generation Patent Unpatentable Under 35 U.S.C. § 101
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
ATM Patent Not Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101
Friday, January 22, 2016
Customizable Merchandise Preview Patent Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101
Friday, January 15, 2016
Data Distribution Patent Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101
Friday, January 8, 2016
Network Firewall Patent Not Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Automatic Version Control Patent Not Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Network Messaging Patent Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101
January 2017
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
File Access Patent Not Ineligible Under 35 U.S.C. § 101
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Patent for Manufacturing Custom Dental Crowns Not Ineligible Under 35 U.S.C. § 101
Friday, January 20, 2017
Peripheral Device Security Patent Not Ineligible Under 35 U.S.C. § 101
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Web Browser Security Patents Not Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 at Summary Judgment Stage
Monday, January 9, 2017
Eight Video Signal Transfer Patents Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 Despite Earlier PTAB Findings of Nonobviousness
Friday, January 6, 2017
Tunneling Client Access Point Patent Not Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Electromagnetic Identification Patents Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101