Data Compression Patent Not Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101 at Pleading Stage

The magistrate judge recommended denying defendant's motion to dismiss on the ground that plaintiff’s data compression patent encompassed unpatentable subject matter because the asserted claims were not directed toward an abstract idea. "The [patent] is directed to patent eligible subject matter because it discloses a specific improvement in computer capabilities: a system for an improved data compression technique. . . . [C]laim 1 of the [patent] is not simply encoding and decoding. It improves typical data compression by compressing the data stream through content dependent and independent data recognition, as well as a plethora of encoders to achieve its maximum compression. This results in real-time or pseudo-real-time compression."

Realtime Data LLC d/b/a IXO v. Carbonite, Inc. et al, 6-17-cv-00121 (TXED September 20, 2017, Order) (Love, MJ)