Third Circuit District Courts Take Aim at Non-Patent Eligible Patents Under § 101
In a pair of recent decisions issued just days apart, the District of Delaware and the District of New Jersey have found patents relating to online transaction guaranties and financial services to be non-patent eligible pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 101. Practitioners may wish to take heed …. In buySafe, Inc. v. Google, Inc., C.A. No. 11-1282-LPS, Dkt. 69 (D. Del. July 29, 2013) (Stark, J.), buySafe asserted its online transaction guaranty patent, and Google moved for judgment on the pleadings pursuant to Rule 12(c). Ultimately, Judge Stark of the Delaware District Court granted defendant’s motion on the grounds that the patent-in-suit was invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 because it is directed to non-patent-eligible subject matter. In so ruling, the Court noted that on the face of the patent, it described that the entire inventive process could be performed by a human.