Appeal No. 2002-0308
Application No. 09/106,784
characterized as an “abstract idea,” but rather a specific machine to produce a useful,
concrete, and tangible result. In re Alappat, 33 F.3d 1526, 1544, 31 USPQ2d 1545,
1557 (Fed. Cir. 1994).
Thus, to whatever extent the instant claimed subject matter constitutes a
mathematical algorithm, it recites a practical application of a mathematical algorithm
and such subject matter falls comfortably within the broad scope of patentable subject
matter under 35 U.S.C. §101. AT&T Corp. V. Excel Communications, Inc., 172 F.3d
1352, 1355-56, 50 USPQ2d 1447,1450 (Fed. Cir. 1999).
The examiner’s decision rejecting claims 1-20 under 35 U.S.C. §101 is reversed.
REVERSED
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