Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Decision Finding Information Exchange Patent Application Claim Ineligible Under Section 101

"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision affirming the PTAB's finding that claim 14 was directed to ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101."

"Claim 14 recited an information exchange apparatus for determining an exchange value, including a first distribution of information items and means for generating a second distribution."

"The PTAB determined that claim 14 does not contain an inventive concept sufficient to transform this abstract idea into a patent-eligible application."

The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB's decision that claim 14 of Brian McFadden's patent application was directed to ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The court found that the claim did not contain an inventive concept sufficient to transform the abstract idea into a patent-eligible application. McFadden's application, filed in February 2018, was focused on methods for operating an information exchange. The PTAB also noted that the claim was anticipated under Section 102 by a previous patent application.

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