Chicago patent attorneys Kevin E. Noonan, Michael S. Borella, Aaron V. Gin, and Adnan M. “Eddie” Obissi have filed an amicus brief supporting Supreme Court review of the Federal Circuit’s decision to invalidate claims of American Axle’s U.S. Patent No. 7,774,911 under 35 U.S.C § 101. The Attorneys (who are all Patent Docs authors or contributors) argue that the Federal Circuit’s 6-6 split on whether to rehear the case en banc is compelling evidence that the court is severely divided in how it applies the patent-eligibility analysis of Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l. In finding American Axle’s method of…
