Patent opinions from the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Fed. Cir.

XY, LLC v. Trans Ova Genetics, LC, No. 19-1789 (Fed. Cir. July 31, 2020)

Reversed in Part
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 19-1789
Decided
July 31, 2020
Judge
Stoll, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
17 pages

From the Opinion

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XY, L LC, Beckman Coulter, Inc., and Inguran, LLC (collectively, “XY”) appeal the district court’s dismissal of certain patent-infringement allegations against Trans Ova Genetics, LC. The district court held asserted claims 1–23 of XY’s U.S. Patent No. RE46,559 ineligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The district court also held that XY’s pa- tent-infringement allegations with respect to certain claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,732,422, 7,723,116, and 8,652,769 were claim -precluded based on a prior lawsuit filed by XY against Trans Ova.