( May 31, 2024, 12:14 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A panel of the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld findings by a federal judge in Georgia that five patents “essentially” cover the abstract idea of underwriting, rejecting the patent owner’s position at recent oral arguments that the “unconventional data flow” recited in the claims is sufficiently inventive to overcome a patent eligibility challenge....