Data Engine Technologies LLC v. Google LLC, No. 17-1135 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 9, 2018)

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Data Engine Technologies LLC (“DET”) appeals the district court’s entry of judgment on the pleadings holding that the asserted claims of DET’s U.S. Patent Nos. 5,590,259; 5, 784,545; 6, 282,551; and 5, 303,146 are ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 . The district court held that the asserted claims are directed to abstract ideas and fail to provide an inventive concept .