“‘The Federal Circuit’s confused [Section 101] doctrine’ has led to arbitrary and irreconcilable results, including the invalidation of patent claims to digital cameras, vehicle charging stations and driveshafts, said the petition.”
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court published an order list indicating it had denied a petition for writ of certiorari in Return Mail, Inc. v. United States, leaving in place lower court rulings invalidating Return Mail’s patent claims covering methods for processing undeliverable mail.