Spireon Urges High Court to Give Clarity on Patent Eligibility

The U.S. Supreme Court needs to provide clear guidance on how to apply its two-step framework on what makes an invention patent eligible, as the Federal Circuit summarily decides cases without issuing opinions, a software company argued in a petition for review.

Courts, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, are “bitterly divided” on how to draw the line between an unpatentable idea and a patentable application of an idea ever since the high court last considered the issue in 2014, Spireon Inc. told the justices.

The issue already has been pending for more than a year ...