Relevant to gaming technologies, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has held that claims “directed to rules for conducting a wagering game” are comparable to the fundamental economic practices found to be abstract in Alice.
Relevant Law Whether the written description requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 112(a) has been satisfied “requires an objective inquiry into the four corners of the specification from the perspective of a person of ordinary skill in the art.” Ariad Pharms., Inc. v. Eli Lilly & Co., 598 F.3d 1336, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (en banc).
Petitioner provides no independent basis to determine that claims 1–11 are indefinite, aside from its arguments made with respect to the sufficiency of the written description, which we found unpersuasive, and which are directed to different statutory requirements.
Moreover, we determine that the Petitioner has not demonstrated that the claims, read in light of the specification by a person of ordinary skill in the art, are not sufficiently clear and precise to satisfy the definiteness requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 112(b).
“‘On the one hand, there are the interests in conserving the resources of the Office and granting patent owners repose on issues and prior art that have been considered previously.’” Id. (quoting Fox Factory, Inc. v. SRAM, LLC, Case IPR2016- 01876, slip op.