But it has a new manufacturing technique for the component parts in LED light bulbs, potentially could lower the price of LED light bulbs, cut them in half.
The Supreme Court did uphold a patent on a software-controlled rubber-curing machine in 1981, but its ruling emphasized that this was because the patent covered a physical machine that happened to have a software component, rather than claiming a software technique by itself.
The motion cites a sworn statement by echocardiogram technician Marti McCulloch that Fleming instructed her to use an incorrect technique for measuring atrial regurgitation, a key component of fen-phen claims.