Fed Circuit tackles CBM scope in Secure Axcess suit
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) adopted a statutory definition of covered business method (CBM) patents that went too far.
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22 November 2016 The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s interpretation of which patents are subject to covered business method reviews renders the limits Congress placed on the definition as “superfluous”.