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2. Business method patent - Wikipedia

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   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, banking and tax compliance etc. Business method patents are a relatively new species of patent and there have been several reviews investigating the appropriateness of patenting business methods.

3. Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International - Wikipedia

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   Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International, 573 U.S. 208 (2014), was a 2014 United States Supreme Court [1] decision about patent eligibility of business method patents. [2] The issue in the case was whether certain patent claims for a computer-implemented, electronic escrow service covered abstract ideas, which would make the claims ineligible for patent protection.

4. United States Patent and Trademark Office - Wikipedia

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   The USPTO has been criticized for taking an inordinate amount of time in examining patent applications. This is particularly true in the fast-growing area [needs update] of business method patents. As of 2005, patent examiners in the business method area were still examining patent applications filed in 2001. [citation needed]

5. Method (patent) - Wikipedia

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   The European Patent Convention does not mention method patents (called process patents) so prominently, and the same applies to the TRIPS Agreement. The prime characteristic of process patents in these treaties is that "the protection conferred by the patent shall extend to the products directly obtained by such process". [8] Art. 28(1)(b ...

6. State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, Inc.

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   The State Street Bank opinion led to a great increase in business method and software patents. In 1991, software related patents represented about 20 percent of the yearly total; by 2011 they accounted for about 50 percent. The absolute number of software patents rose from about 25,000 per year to 125,000 per year in this period.

7. Versata Development Group, Inc. v. SAP America, Inc.

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   In its petition to the USPTO, SAP alleged that the patent was a covered business method patent. Covered business method patents are subject to the special provisions of AIA § 18, which establishes a separately-designated eight-year-program under which the USPTO conducts post-grant (i.e., after patent issuance) review proceedings concerning the ...