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Case law in the USA

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The following are court rulings which touch the issue of patenting software ideas.

Unsorted cases

AT&T Corp. v. Excel Communications Inc., 172 F.3d 1352, 1356­59 (Fed. Cir. 1999)

Ex parte Yang-Huffman, Appeal 2007­2130, slip op. at 3 (Bd. Pat. App. & Interf. Oct. 4, 2007)

Gottschalk v. Benson, 409 U.S. 63 (1972)

Graham v. John Deere, 383 U.S. 1, 6 (1966)

In re Alappat, 33 F.3d 1526, 1543 (Fed. Cir. 1994)

KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 127 S. Ct. 1727 (2007)

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings v. Metabolite Laboratories, Inc., 548 U.S. 124 (2007)

NTP v. Research in Motion, Ltd., 397 F. Supp. 2d 785 (E.D. Va. 2005)

Northern Telecom v. Datapoint, 908 F.2d 931, 940-941 (1990)

Parker v Flook, 437 U.S. 584 (1978)

State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, Inc., 149 F.3d 1368, 1374 n. 6 (Fed. Cir. 1999)

Diamond v. Diehr

  • Full name: Diamond v. Diehr, 450 U.S. 175, 192 (1981)
  • Wikipedia: Diamond v. Diehr

Bilski

(detailed article: Bilski)