Computer Modeling and Electrical System Simulation Patents Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101​

The court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment on invalidity because the asserted claims of plaintiff’s computer modeling and electrical system simulation patents encompassed unpatentable subject matter and found that the claims were directed toward an abstract idea. "Despite their length and number, the asserted claims focus on gathering information, e.g., real-time and predicted data values, and analyzing and updating a model with that information, e.g., comparing the gathered data and evaluating the prediction deviations to update the model. . . . Further, the claims recite the idea as a function or result, rather than a particular way of performing that function or achieving that result. . . . The purported solution offered by the claims to the problem of outdated information is to update the model so that it fits more accurately within the real-world data. There is nothing in the claim to suggest that, once the models have been updated, the computer system will be any more efficient."

Power Analytics Corporation v. Operation Technology, Inc. et al, 8-16-cv-01955 (CACD July 13, 2017, Order) (Kronstadt, USDJ)