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In re Nuijten
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
500 F.3d 1346, 84 U.S.P.Q.2d 1495 (2007)
- Written by Eric Miller, JD
Facts
Petrus Nuijten sought to patent a technique for reducing the distortion caused by the encoding of additional data in audio and visual signals. Several of the application’s claims were directed not to the method but to the signal itself. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) rejected these claims on the ground that a signal could not be patentable subject matter. Nuijten appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Gajarsa, J.)
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