Loyalty Conversion Systems Corporation v. American Airlines Inc, No. 2:13-cv-00655 (E.D. Tex. Sept. 3, 2014)

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Before the Court is the Defendants’ Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (Dkt. No. 61). The Court GRANTS the motion and holds that the asserted claims of the two patents in suit are invalid on the ground that they are directed to unpatentable subject matter. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Loyalty Conversion Systems Corporation (“Loyalty”) owns the two patents at issue in this case, U.S. Patent Nos. 8,313,023 (“the ’023 patent”) and 8,511,550 (“the ’550 patent”). On August 20, 2013, Loyalty filed actions against each of the nine defendants.