Vehicle Intelligence v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, No. 15-1411 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 28, 2015)

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Vehicle Intelligence and Safety LLC appeals from the Northern District of Illinois’s judgment decla ring claims 8, 9, and 11 –18 of U.S. Patent No. 7,394,392 (“disputed claims”) invalid as drawn to patent -ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101 .1 Because the disputed claims cover only abstract ideas couple d with routine data-gathering steps and conventional computer activity, we affirm.