(March 3, 2017, 7:24 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A geophysical services company on Feb. 17 petitioned for writ of certiorari asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether an appellate court erred in holding that lost profits arising from prohibited combinations of components for a patented invention occurring outside of the United States “are categorically unavailable in cases where patent infringement is proven” under 35 U.S. Code Section 271(f) (WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp., No. 16-1011, U.S. Sup.)....