Legal Opinion

Secured Mail Solutions LLC v. Universal Wilde, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided October 16, 2017No. 2016-1728PublishedCited by 129 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

•REYNA, Circuit Judge.

Secured Mail Solutions LLC appeals from the United States District Court for the Central District of California’s grant of a motion to dismiss on grounds that the claims of seven asserted patents are directed to'subject matter ineligible for patenting under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Because the claims of the asserted patents are directed to an abstract idea and the claims contain no additional elements that transform the nature of the claims into a patent-eligible application df the abstract idea, we affirm.

Background

This appeal involves seven patents that Secured Mail groups…

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