Shortridge v. Foundation Construction, No. 15-1898 (Fed. Cir. July 13, 2016)

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Douglas M. Shortridge appeals the United States Di s- trict Court for the Northern District of California ’s deter- mination that U.S. Patent N o. 8,744,933 claims ineligible subject matter unde r 35 U.S.C. § 101. Because Mr. Shortridge concedes that the ’933 patent claims are directed to an abstract idea and because the claims recite nothing more than conventional steps beyond the abstract idea, we affirm. BACKGROUND Mr.