On September 21, 2016, in Certain Portable Electronic Devices and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-994, the Commission determined not to review Judge Shaw's initial determination ("ID") that the asserted patent, U.S. Patent Number 6,928,433, is directed to ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Judge Shaw's determination was made pursuant to the Commission's 100-day pilot program for early determination of case dispositive issues.

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