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By Jeffrey S. Ginsberg and Zhiqiang Liu
May 01, 2016

Federal Circuit Affirms District Court Decision Finding Claim Covering Method for Gene Detection Is Directed to Unpatentable Subject Matter

On April 8, 2016, a Federal Circuit panel of Judges Prost, Dyk and Taranto issued a unanimous opinion, authored by Judge Dyk, in Genetic Tech. Ltd. v. Merial LLC. et al., Case Nos. 2015-1202 and 2015-1203. The panel affirmed the district court's grant of appellees' motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim, and judgment that the claims at issue are ineligible for patenting under 35 U.S.C. '101.

Appellant Genetic Technologies Limited (GTG) sued various parties including appellees Merial LLC. (Merial) and Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 5,612,179 (the '179 patent) in the United States District Court for the District Court of Colorado. The case against Merial and BMS was subsequently transferred to the District of Delaware. Judge Stark granted appellees' motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim and entered final judgement that the asserted claims are directed to unpatentable subject matter. GTG appealed to the Federal Circuit.

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