The recent en banc opinion in Williamson v.Citrix (Fed. Cir. 2015)[1] highlights the dangers of functional claiming in computer-implemented inventions. On June 16, 2015, the Federal Circuit ...

On June 11, 2019, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office held a public presentation-- a patent quality chat -- regarding the interpretation of computer-implemented claims using functional language ...

Patent practitioners, inventors, in-house counsel, and patent examiners alike have been clamoring for more guidance on computer-implemented functional claim limitations invoking § 112(f) since ...