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Illumina, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2020)

Federal Circuit Hands Down Modified Opinion in Illumina, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. Earlier this year, the Federal Circuit (somewhat surprisingly) found claims of two Sequenom patents directed to methods for...more

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Illumina v. Ariosa: Carving Out A New “Bucket” Of Section 101 Patent Eligible Claims

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Case Summary- On March 17, 2020, the Federal Circuit found that patents claiming methods of preparing an extracellular fraction of cell-free DNA that is enriched in fetal DNA were patent eligible and not invalid under 35...more

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Section 101 Update: Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences March 2020

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This month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has handed down a pair of opinions concerning Section 101 in the field of pharmaceuticals and life sciences. In both cases, the district courts held claims of the...more

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Illumina, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2020)

The latest Federal Circuit decision on subject matter eligibility in the life sciences came down (by a divided court) in favor of eligibility, in Illumina, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc.  The claims at issue fell into the...more

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CareDX, Inc. v. Natera, Inc. (D. Del. 2020)

Ever since the Supreme Court's decision in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories was handed down in 2012, diagnostic method claims have been routinely invalidated by the district courts and those decisions...more

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Doggonit: Method for Detecting Genetic Mutation Found Subject Matter Ineligible

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In a case relating to methods for genotyping a canine breed, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a district court’s judgment as a matter of law that the asserted claims were not subject matter eligible...more

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Federal Circuit Upholds Invalidity of Athena’s Claims Directed to Methods for Diagnosing Neurological Disorders

In Athena Diagnostics, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services, a divided panel of the Federal Circuit has provided another guidepost in the search for patent-eligible subject matter in the diagnostic industry. The Court upheld a...more

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Federal Circuit Review - November 2018

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Federal Circuit Finds Claims Directed to Tabbed Spreadsheets Patent Eligible and Claims Directed to Tracking Changes in Documents Ineligible Under Section 101 - In Data Engine Technologies LLC v. Google LLC, Appeal No....more

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Two-step analysis to assist in determining patent eligibility

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Napoleon Hill once famously said, “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” However, what the mind of man can conceive is not necessarily patentable. Courts have long held that laws of nature,...more

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Guide to the U.S. Patent Office’s Materials on Subject Matter Eligibility

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Since 2014, the USPTO has periodically issued examination guidance, analysis examples, and other insights to guide evaluation of patent subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. These documents are available on the...more

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USPTO Update on Patent-Eligibility for Life Science Inventions

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On August 2nd 2017, the USPTO hosted a Bicoastal Biotechnology/Chemical/Pharmaceutical Customer Partnership that focused on the USPTO’s current thinking on patent-eligibility. The meeting followed the USPTO’s June 25th, 2017...more

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USPTO's Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Roundtable on Dec. 5, 2015

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On December 5, 2016 the USPTO will hold its second Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Roundtable to discuss issues in patent eligibility. The USPTO published a list of eighteen questions in anticipation of the event, dealing...more

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Federal Circuit Finds Life Sciences Subject Matter Patent Eligible

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On July 5, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an opinion vacating the summary judgment of invalidity of U.S. Patent No. 7,604,929 (“the ’929 Patent”) and sent the case back to the District Court...more

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Femto-Sec Tech, Inc. v. Lensar, Inc. (C.D. Cal. 2016)

Patent Having Claims That Apply Law of Nature Is Patent-Eligible - On June 8, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued an order denying a motion to dismiss, and found that U.S. Patent...more

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UPDATE: Subject Matter Eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 – Life Sciences

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The United States Patent And Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a memorandum on May 4, 2016 (May 2016 Memo) to the Patent Examining Corps to provide further Examiner instructions relating to subject matter eligibility under 35...more

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USPTO Issues Subject Matter Eligibility Update

On May 5, 2016, the USPTO published a Memorandum to the Patent Examining Corps titled “Formulating a Subject Matter Eligibility Rejection and Evaluating the Applicant’s Response to a Subject Matter Eligibility Rejection.” The...more

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Litigation Alert: Federal Circuit’s Ariosa Decision, Good Chance for Rehearing En Banc

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In June of this year, the Federal Circuit panel in Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v. Sequenom, Inc. invalidated a patent on the grounds of patent-ineligible subject matter. 788 F.3d 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2015). While the case is one of...more

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