""The CAFC added in a footnote that it declined to adopt the USPTO's three-pronged framework in the agency's 2019 Revised Subject Matter Eligibility Guidelines used by the PTAB in assessing Section 101 eligibility for Rideshare's substitute claims." Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a ruling in Rideshare Displays, Inc. v. Squires affirming decisions by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that Rideshare's patent claims to systems and methods of vehicle identification were obvious over prior art."
"The present appeal follows final written decisions from the PTAB in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings challenging claims from five patents owned by Rideshare, including U.S. Patent No. 9892637 and U.S. Patent No. 10559199, both titled Vehicle Identification System. The specification common to each of those patents indicates that the invention improves safety in rideshare systems by providing a notification signal with identifying indicators, such as a display icon or alphanumeric string, allowing the rider to locate both the rideshare car and its driver."
The CAFC affirmed PTAB determinations that Rideshare's vehicle identification system and method claims were obvious over prior art. The PTAB had invalidated challenged claims after IPRs, citing prior taxi and car rental systems using visual indicators on devices or vehicles. The Board had granted motions to amend on two patents adding a "creating an indicator specific to a user and driver match" limitation, but the Federal Circuit reversed that partial grant. The Federal Circuit found the substitute claims did not supply a technological solution at Alice Step Two and declined to adopt the USPTO's three-pronged eligibility framework.
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