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.

Briefs and Documents

Merits Briefs for the Petitioners

• Brief of Mayo Laboratories and Mayo Clinic Rochester
• Reply brief for Mayo Laboratories and Mayo Clinic Rochester

Amicus Briefs in Support of the Petitioners

• Brief for Verizon Communications, Inc., and Hewlett Packard Company
• Brief for Nine Law Professors 
• Brief for the CATO Institute et al.
• Brief for Arup Laboratories, Inc., and Laboratory Conporation of America Holdings 
• Brief for the of American College of Medical Genetics et al.
• Brief for the American Civil Liberties Union 
• Brief for AARP and the Public Patent Foundation

Amicus Briefs in Support of Neither Party

• Brief for the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
• Brief for the United States of America 
• Brief for Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. et al.
• Brief for the New York Intellectual Property Law Association
• Brief for Microsoft Corporation, EMC Corporation, and Intel Corporation
• Brief for Association Internationale Pour La Protection De La Propriété Intellectuelle et al.

Merits Briefs for the Respondent

• Brief for Prometheus Laboratories

Amicus Brief in Support of the Respondent

• Brief for SAP America, Inc., in Support of Affirming the Federal Circuit’s Opinion
• Brief for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
• Brief for Myriad Genetics, Inc.,
• Brief for the Biotechnology Organization 
• Brief for the Association of University Technology Managers
• Brief for the American Intellectual Property Law Association 
• Brief for the Juhasz Law Firm 
• Brief for the National Venture Capital Association
• Brief for the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago 
• Intellectual Property Amicus Brief Clinic of the UNH School of Law
• Brief for Health Law, Policy, and Ethic Scholars
• Brief for Genomic Health, Inc. et al.
• Brief for Connect and the San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association 
• Brief for Novartis Corporation
• Brief for the Intellectual Property Owners Association

Certiorari-stage briefs

• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition
• Petitioners’ reply
• Amicus brief of AARP
• Amicus brief of American College of Medical Genetics et al.