The Federal Circuit affirmed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board's determination that claims directed to data management and processing systems for merely storing advertising data are patent ineligible under 35 U.S.C. 101 as part of a Covered Business Method review of the patents. With regard to Alice step one, Customedia asserted that the claimed invention improves the functionality of the computer itself. The court rejected this argument stating "by dedicating a section of t

The Federal Circuit held that the claimed invention in this case was not directed to a patent-ineligible concept because it is a method of preparing a sample for testing. The majority explained that: "[t]his is not a diagnostic case. And it is not a method of treatment case. It is a method of preparation case." "The claims in this case are directed to methods for preparing a fraction of cell-free DNA that is enriched in fetal DNA. The methods include specific process steps—s