(February 1, 2017, 12:36 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court must consider whether a patent for a software-implemented industrial process that regulates and controls the operation of an oil rig, which was patent eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 in Diamond v. Diehr, 450 U.S. 175 (1981), can be rendered patent ineligible by Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l, 134 S. Ct. 2347, 2354 (2014), TDE Petroleum Data Solutions Inc. argues in its Jan. 13 petition (TDE Petroleum Data Solutions Inc. v. AKM Enterprise Inc. and DBA Mobilize Inc., No. 16-890, U.S. Sup.)....