Malcolm E. Whittaker

In reaching its decision, the CAFC ignored the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Diamond v. Diehr, 450 U.S. 175 (1981). The claims in dispute are unlike the claims in Alice, which merely applied conventional computer functionality to a financial problem. Here, TDE’s claims are materially the same as Diehr’s claims and solve technological problems in the industry using existing sensors in a novel implementation to improve the drilling process itself… TDE plans on filing its Writ on January 13, 2017 and any amicus will be due no later than 30 days later, i.e. February 10, 2017.