(December 10, 2015, 1:30 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An owner of a retirement payment patent in a Nov. 5 petition urges the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) can invalidate a patent without any evidence that it was abstract (Retirement Capital Access Management Company LLC v. U.S. Bancorp and Michelle K. Lee, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, Patent and Trademark Office, No. 15-591, U.S. Sup.).

(Petition for writ of certiorari available. Document #78-151214-002B.)

Retirement Capital Access Management Company LLC (RCAMC) sued...