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Software can make non-abstract improvements to computer technology just as hardware improvements can, and sometimes the improvements can be accomplished through either route. We thus see no reason to conclude that all claims directed to improvements in computer-related technology, including those directed to software, are abstract and necessarily analyzed at the second step of Alice, nor do we believe that Alice so directs.

ENFISH, LLC v. Microsoft Corp., 822 F.3d 1327, 1335 (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Judge Chen writing for the court).

 

Our cases confirm that software-based innovations can make “non-abstract improvements to computer technology” and be deemed patent-eligible subject matter at step 1.

FINJAN, INC. v. BLUE COAT SYSTEMS, INC., No. 2016-2520 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 10, 2018)(slip opinion at page 7)(Judge Dyk writing for the court).

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