The Federal Circuit ruled that claims utilizing established machine learning methods in a new data environment fail to meet patent eligibility under Section 101. Recentive Analytics sued Fox for infringing four patents aimed at optimizing scheduling in entertainment broadcasting. However, the court found the patents described abstract ideas and did not demonstrate any novel inventive concepts. The CAFC affirmed that using known machine learning techniques in this context does not suffice for patentability, indicating a clear distinction between abstract ideas and eligible inventions.
the only thing the claims disclose about the use of machine learning is that machine learning is used in a new environment.
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