Bancorp Services, L.L.C. v. Sun Life Assurance Co. Of Canada (u.s.)

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• holding that the machine-or-transformation test remains an important clue in determining whether some inventions are process- es under § 101
• concluding that claims directed to a computer- ized method of managing a stable value protected life insurance policy fell outside section 101
• holding that the machine- or-transformation test remains an important clue in determining whether some inventions are processes under Section 101
• holding the claim failed the transformation prong because it did “not transform the raw data into anything other than more data”
• noting that “claim construction is not an inviolable prerequisite to a validity determination under § 101”
• noting that improved speed or efficiency inherent with applying the abstract idea on a cofnputer does not provide a sufficient inventive concept

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