Appeal No. 96-1455
Application No. 08/218,279
constitutes a practical application of a mathematical
algorithm . . . because it produces ’a useful, concrete and
tangible result'. . . ." State Street Bank, 149 F.3d at 1373,
47 USPQ2d at 1601.
The court concluded its analysis of the mathematical
algorithm exception as follows:
The question of whether a claim encompasses
statutory subject matter should not focus on which
of the four categories of subject matter a claim is
directed to . . . but rather on the essential
characteristics of the subject matter, in
particular, its practical utility.
State Street Bank, 149 F.3d at 1375, 47 USPQ2d at 1602.
We hold that the claim language is directed to an article
of manufacture which recites subject matter that has a
practical application in the technological arts. Claim 1
specifically recites that an "image print" is claimed. The
image print is an article which has been manufactured by man.
The claim also requires that the image print includes "an
alphabetic description is provided on said image print for at
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