Patentability of computer processes: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Patentability of computer processes,” part of the Economic Activity area.

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All 11 decisions, newest first

• Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int'l
  573 U.S. 208Decided June 19, 20149–0Clarence Thomas
• Microsoft Corporation v. I4I Limited Partnership
  564 U.S. 91Decided June 9, 20118–0Sonia Sotomayor
• Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw v. David J. Kappos
  561 U.S. 593Decided June 28, 20109–0Anthony M. Kennedy
• Quanta Computer, Inc. v. Lg Electronics, Inc.
  553 U.S. 617Decided June 9, 20089–0Clarence Thomas
• Microsoft Corporation v. AT&T Corp.
  550 U.S. 437Decided April 30, 20077–1Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Ebay Inc. v. Mercexchange, L. L. C.
  547 U.S. 388Decided May 15, 20069–0Clarence Thomas
• Diamond v. Bradley
  450 U.S. 381Decided March 9, 19814–4
• Diamond v. Diehr
  450 U.S. 175Decided March 3, 19815–4William H. Rehnquist
• Parker v. Flook
  437 U.S. 584Decided June 22, 19786–3John Paul Stevens
• Dann v. Johnston
  425 U.S. 219Decided March 31, 19767–0Thurgood Marshall
• Gottschalk v. Benson
  409 U.S. 63Decided November 20, 19726–0William O. Douglas

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error