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Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International
Alice (2014) sets the two-step test for patent eligibility under section 101.
Citation: Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l, 573 U.S. 208 (2014)
Type: Case
Jurisdiction: Federal
Issuing body: Supreme Court of the United States
Status: Decided
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Parties: Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International
Proceeding: court decision
Alice sets the two-step test for patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. ยง 101: whether the claim is directed to a patent-ineligible concept such as an abstract idea, and if so whether it adds an inventive concept that makes it more than the exception itself. The patent basics guide applies the test to claims applying generic machine learning to a new data environment.
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