Computer-based inventions – especially in the machine learning (ML), bioinformatics, and artificial intelligence (AI) fields – are susceptible to subject matter eligibility challenges. Subject matter ...

In the years after the Alice decision, it had seemed as though examiners in the business method art units felt as though their hands were tied with respect to issuing applications. Even if they had ...

It should come as no surprise that allowance rates vary widely among art units. After all, certain factors affect certain applications more than others. One need only consider Alice Corp. and its ...