CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORP. v. WESTLAKE SERVICES

2016-2001.

859 F.3d 1044 (2017)

CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORP., Appellant, v. WESTLAKE SERVICES, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: June 9, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DOUGLAS R. NEMEC , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, argued for appellant. Also represented by PARAMJEET SAMMI , ANDREW GISH ; JAMES Y. PAK , Palo Alto, CA.

JOHN DAVID   VAN LOBEN SELS , Fish & Tsang LLP, Redwood City, CA, argued for appellee. Also represented by JENNIFER SHIH.

SARAH E. CRAVEN , Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for intervenor Joseph Matal. Also represented by NATHAN K. KELLEY , FRANCES LYNCH , SCOTT WEIDENFELLER.

Opinion dissenting-in-part filed by Circuit Judge Mayer.


Credit Acceptance Corp. ("CAC") appeals the final written decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("Board") in a Covered Business Method ("CBM") review proceeding. The Board determined that claims 10-12 and 14-33 of CAC's U.S. Patent No. 6,950,807 B2 ("the '807 patent") are directed to patent-ineligible subject matter under...

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