( October 5, 2026, 3:07 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 5 denied a patent owner’s request that it consider the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ decision to affirm a Washington federal judge’s dismissal of its infringement complaint against Google LLC, leaving in place the panel’s January holding that the asserted claims of the patent were directed at an unpatentable abstract idea....