Legal Opinion
Apple, Inc. v. Ameranth, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided November 29, 2016No. 2015-1703; 2015-1704; 2015-1792; 2015-1793PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNA, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, we review Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions in three Covered Business Method (“CBM”) reviews. The decisions addressed the subject matter eligibility of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,384,850 (“ ’850 patent”), U.S. Patent No. 6,871,325 (“ ’325 patent”), and U.S. Patent No. 6,982,733 (“ ’733 patent”). For the reasons explained below, we affirm-in-part and reverse-in-part.
BACKGROUND
I. Patents
Ameranth, Inc. (“Ameranth”) owns the patents, which disclose computer systems with hardware and software. 1 The patent specifications disclose a first menu…
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