Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.

Holding: The process patent that Prometheus Laboratories had obtained for correlations between blood test results and patient health is not eligible for a patent because it incorporates laws of nature.

Judgment: Reversed, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Breyer on March 20, 2012.

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