Patent Owner Tells High Court No Invalidation Exists Without Abstract Evidence

(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.)....