Spireon, Inc. v. Procon Analytics, LLC
Petition for certiorari denied on June 30, 2022
Issues: (1) What the appropriate standard is for determining whether a patent claim is “directed to” a patent-ineligible concept under step 1 of the Supreme Court’s two-step
framework for determining whether an invention is
eligible for patenting under 35 U.S.C. § 101; and (2) whether patent eligibility (at each step of the Supreme Court’s
two-step framework) is a question of law for the court
based on the scope of the claims or a question of fact
for the jury based on the state of the art at the time of
the patent.
