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Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings v. Metabolite Laboratories, Inc.
U.S. Supreme CourtJune 22, 2006No. 04-607Cited 117 times
Defendant WinMetabolite Laboratories, Inc.
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Per Curiam
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- Supreme Court vacated Federal Circuit decision and remanded for further proceedings
- Circuit
- Federal Circuit
Related Laws
No specific laws identified for this ruling.
Outcome
Supreme Court vacated the Federal Circuit's decision and remanded the case, holding that the patent claims were drawn to an unpatentable abstract idea or natural phenomenon rather than patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101.
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