Patent Asserted Against UPS Deemed Ineligible Under Section 101

Mealey's (July 23, 2019, 1:00 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — In a July 22 holding, a Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals judge sitting by designation in the Southern District of New York declared a patent directed to a meter reader capable of wirelessly transmitting meter readings ineligible for patenting (First-Class Monitoring LLC v. United Parcel Service of America Inc., No. 19-106, S.D. N.Y., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 121377)....