Optimization Patent Claims Abstract, Appeals Court Says, Narrowing LG Trial Loss

( April 30, 2026, 2:34 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held that patent claims describing “optimization” of “constellations” of geometrically mapped data were ineligible as abstract, vacating a Texas federal judge’s grant of summary judgment of eligibility in a patent infringement dispute initiated by a technology company against LG Electronics Inc. and related entities....