Miller Mendel's case raises significant questions about judicial independence and patent eligibility, following a patent invalidation linked to abstract ideas in software.
The Federal Circuit ruled that Miller Mendel's background check software patent was ineligible under § 101, viewing its functions as mere automation of conventional background check processes.
In its petition to the Supreme Court, Miller Mendel argues that the Federal Circuit overstepped by effectively removing Judge Pauline Newman, challenging judicial independence.
Miller Mendel's patent involves a system that automates pre-employment background investigations but was deemed ineligible due to its consideration as an abstract idea.
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