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Alice Corp v CLS Bank International

573 U.S. 208 (2014)

JurisdictionUnited States

CourtUS Supreme Court

Year2014

StatusBinding authority

Summary

Computer-implemented abstract ideas are patent-ineligible under 35 USC s.101 unless claims add an inventive concept that transforms the abstract idea into patent-eligible subject matter.

Key Principle

patent eligibility under 35 USC s.101; two-step framework for abstract ideas

Area of Law

Intellectual Property

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