Patent Owner Asks High Court To Clarify Mayo Ruling In Patent Disputes

(March 31, 2016, 3:42 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court should clarify its ruling in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories Inc. (566 U.S. __ 132 S. Ct. 1289 [2012]) with regard to rejecting patents that “purport to claim natural phenomena, while still protecting meritorious patents,” Sequenom Inc. argues in a petition filed March 21 (Sequenom Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics Inc., et al., No. 15-1182, U.S. Sup.)....