Illumina, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc.

 
APPEAL NO.
19-1419
OP. BELOW
DCT
SUBJECT
Patent
AUTHOR
Lourie

Question(s) Presented

“Whether methods of separating one naturally occurring material from another using well-known laboratory techniques are patent eligible under step one of the Mayo/Alice analysis, without regard to step two, where (1) Supreme Court precedent establishes that isolated naturally occurring material is not itself patent eligible, and (2) this Court has consistently invalidated diagnostic claims reciting similar steps.”