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Court Greatly Limits Software And Business Method Patents (Techdirt)

Court Greatly Limits Software And Business Method Patents (Techdirt)

Posted Oct 31, 2008 14:19 UTC (Fri) by dwheeler (guest, #1216)
In reply to: Court Greatly Limits Software And Business Method Patents (Techdirt) by JoeBuck
Parent article: Court Greatly Limits Software And Business Method Patents (Techdirt)

I agree. If they narrowly define "different state or thing", so that this really is significantly limitation on patentability, then it might help. E.g., "a permanent change in type of matter". MAYBE this will mean something, but I wouldn't hold my breath.


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