Wireless Data Transmission Patents Not Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101​

The court denied defendants' motion to dismiss because the asserted claims of plaintiff’s data transmission patent encompassed unpatentable subject matter and found that the asserted claims were not directed toward an abstract idea. "Broadly speaking, claim 1 is directed to the idea of improving data transmission over wireless networks. . . . The invention described by claim 1 is directed to improving the transmission of data in a wireless communication system, while avoiding transmission problems, such as fading. The specification of the [patent] confirms that this concept is the essence of the claimed invention. The Court further agrees with [plaintiff] that the claims are 'directed to an improvement of an existing technology.'. . . Instead of simply reciting a mathematical relationship, the [patent] employs that relationship to aid in the high-speed transmission of data without compromising bandwidth efficiency."

Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. T-Mobile USA, Inc. et al, 1-13-cv-01632 (DED August 23, 2017, Order) (Stark, USDJ)