• Business method patents are a class of patents which disclose and claim new methods of doing business. This includes new types of e-commerce, insurance...
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  • reiterated that a business method or mere scheme were per se are not patentable. In principle, computer software is still a valid patentable subject matter...
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  • A covered business method (CBM) patent is defined in section 18 of the America Invents Act (AIA) as a patent that "claims a method or corresponding apparatus...
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  • techniques was not patentable, and that a technical aspect was necessary for a computer implemented business method to be patentable, although this aspect...
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  • of patentability. At the same time, the Court (per Justice Kennedy) held, 5-4, that Bilski's software, business-method patent application was patent ineligible...
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  • A business process, business method, or business function is a collection of related, structured activities or tasks performed by people or equipment in...
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  • and some business method patent claims are possible in the US, although the case law in the area is still evolving (see Software patents under United...
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  • patents. For controversial areas such as business method patents, however, the appeals rate is much higher. About 10% of the business method patents issued...
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    examining patent applications. This is particularly true in the fast-growing area[needs update] of business method patents. As of 2005, patent examiners...
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    and business, patent trolling or patent hoarding is a categorical or pejorative term applied to a person or company that attempts to enforce patent rights...
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