Both sides presented oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in support of their respective positions. While there is usually no way to predict how the Court will rule based on oral arguments, there did seem to be an indication that this case may not be the landmark decision it appeared to be at first blush. The Court seemed focused on trying to determine a balance between allowing broad patent protection under the statute and granting patent protection for mere abstract ideas. They also seemed resistant to issue a broad ruling that could later be applied to other areas of method claims, such as software and medical diagnostics. However, we will have to wait until the Court issues its ruling to know for sure how they will decide.
Both sides presented oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in support of their respective positions. While there is usually no way to predict how the Court will rule based on oral arguments, there did seem to be an indication that this case may not be the landmark decision it appeared to be at first blush. The Court seemed focused on trying to determine a balance between allowing broad patent protection under the statute and granting patent protection for mere abstract ideas. They also seemed resistant to issue a broad ruling that could later be applied to other areas of method claims, such as software and medical diagnostics. However, we will have to wait until the Court issues its ruling to know for sure how they will decide.