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01 November 2008

Federal Circuit clarifies business method patents test

In the Bilski decision, the Federal Circuit last month reaffirmed that business methods are patentable in the US, but rejected the "useful, concrete, tangible" test set forth in previous opinions

Eileen McDermott, New York 




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