Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number Nos. 2006-1634, 2006-1649. Attorney(S) Joseph J. Zito, Zito tip, of Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Joshua M. Hiller, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, of Boston, MA, for defendant-appellee, Biogen IDEC. On the brief were David B. Bassett, of New York, NY, and David A. Wilson, of Washington, DC. George F. Pappas, Covington Burling LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee, GlaxoSmithKline. With him on the brief were Jeffrey B. Elikan and Kevin B. Collins. Of counsel was Scott C. Weidenfeller. Mary B. Graham, Morris, Nichols, Arsht Tunnell, LLP, of Wilmington, DE, argued for defendant-cross appellant. With her on the brief was James W. Parrett, Jr. Of counsel on the brief were Robert L. Baechtold, Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper Scinto, of New York, NY; and Edward W. Murray and Mary J. Morry, Merck Co., Inc., of Rahway, NJ. Judges Kimberly Ann Moore Acts Patents — Patentability Of Inventions — Patentability Of Inventions And Grant Of Patents — Inventions Patentable See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. CLASSEN IMMUNOTHERAPIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BIOGEN IDEC, Defendant-Appellee, and GlaxoSmithKline, Defendant-Appellee, and Merck Co., Inc., Defendant-Cross Appellant, and Chiron Corporation, Kaiser-Permanente, Inc., Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Kaiser Permanente International, Kaiser Permanente Insurance Company, The Permanente Federation, LLC, The Permanente Company, LLC, The Permanente Foundation, The Permanente Medical Group, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Kaiser Foundation Added Choice Health Plan, Inc., And Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc., Defendants. MOORE, Circuit Judge. In light of our decision in In re Bilski, 545 F.3d 943 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (en banc), we affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment that these claims are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Dr. Classen's claims are neither "tied to a particular machine or apparatus" nor do they "transform[] a particular article into a different state or thing." Bilski, 545 F.3d at 954. Therefore we affirm.