Reprinted with permission from the October 1, 2020 issue of The Intellectual Property Strategist, ALM Media, LLC.
I. INTRODUCTION
During patent prosecution before the USPTO, applicant and examiner can become entrenched in conflicting positions on subject matter eligibility. Appeal to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) could clear prosecution impasse. However, Alice related issues taken to the PTAB are not necessarily the Alice related issues decided by the PTAB.
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