Alice in Pharma Land

Ever since the Supreme Court’s decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, 134 S.Ct. 2347 (2014), courts have churned out countless decisions holding patents invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 for claiming unpatentable subject matter.  Most of these patents have involved the application of well-known business methods by means of a computer.  In those cases,…