By Donald Zuhn –- Earlier today, the Federal Circuit affirmed the rejection by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of claims 1-3 of U.S. Patent Application No. 15/726,162 as being patent ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The ‘162 application, which is entitled “An Iterative Process of Squeezing Excess Food out of Daily Food Intake to Achieve and Maintain Weight Loss Using Hunger as a Feedback Mechanism,” is directed to a method for weight loss. The ‘162 application contains three independent claims, of which claim 1 is representative: 1. A process wherein, on day one, you–which stands for a user…
