USAA v. PNC Bank (Fed. Cir., June 12, 2025) 2023-1639
This is a Federal Circuit opinion regarding a patent dispute between United Services Automobile Association (USAA) and PNC Bank N.A., heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The core of the appeal concerns the patent eligibility of USAA's "Digital Camera Processing System" patent, specifically U.S. Patent No. 10,769,598, U.S. Patent No. 10,402,638, and U.S. Patent No. 9,224,136, under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The court applied the two-step Alice test to determine if the patent claims were directed to an abstract idea and, if so, whether they contained an inventive…
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