Legal Opinion

Thales Visionix Inc. v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Decided March 8, 2017No. 2015-5150PublishedCited by 144 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Moore, Circuit Judge.

Thales Visionix, Inc. (“TVI”) appeals from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (“Claims Court”) judgment- on the pleadings holding that claims 1-5, 11-13, 20, 22-26, 32-34, and 41 of U.S. Patent No. 6,474,159 (“159 patent”) are directed to patent-ineligible subject matter. Thales Visionix, Inc. v. United States, 122 Fed.Cl. 245, 257 (2015). We reverse the Claims Court’s determination for all claims and remand for further proceedings.

Background

The 159 patent discloses an inertial tracking system for tracking the motion of an object relative to a moving reference frame. 159…

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