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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute v. Amazon.com, Inc., No. 24-1725 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 24, 2026)

Affirmed
§ 101 Eligibility Summary Judgment
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 24-1725
Also Docketed
No. 24-1739 (consolidated; same document)
Decided
February 24, 2026
Judge
Dyk, J.
Document
Nonprecedential Opinion
Length
10 pages

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and CF Dynamic Ad- vances LLC (together, “Rensselaer”) brought suit against Amazon.com, Inc. (“Amazon”) in the Northern District of New York for infringement of United States Patent No. 7,177,798 (the “’798 patent”). Amazon countersued for a determination that the ’798 patent was directed to patent ineligible subject matter. The district court granted sum- mary judgment for Amazon, determining that the ’798 pa- tent claimed ineligible subject matter under the Supreme Court’s decision in Alice Corp. v.

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