“There is a difference between engineering requirements and the dogmas of patent prosecution. However, the gap between legal patent requirements and engineering practice in the United States, ...

Software patents are generally directed to a sequence of steps or rules, i.e., an algorithm, performed by a computer programmed to carry out the algorithm. Because algorithms are inherently functional ...

Including claim language that embodies a function did not necessarily transform the limitation into a means for performing that function. Zeroclick filed suit against Apple alleging infringement of ...