Benefit Funding Systems LLC v. Advance America Cash Advance Centers Inc.

PROST, Chief Judge.

Appellants, Benefit Funding Systems LLC and Retirement Capital Access Management Company LLC, appeal from the district court’s stay of patent infringement litigation pending covered business method review of the asserted claims. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the district court’s order staying the case.

Background

Appellants sued Appellees, Advance America Cash Advance Centers, Inc., Regions Financial Corporation, CNU Online Holdings, and U.S. Bancorp, alleging that they infringed U.S. Patent No. 6,625,582 (“'582 patent”). The '582 patent covers a “system and…