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==External links==
 
==External links==

Latest revision as of 10:17, 30 May 2012

A business method patent is a patent on a way of does business, commerce.

Business method patents are intimately linked to software patents because they can usually be turned into software patents by adding a computer. A standard way to do this is to claim "computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions" which carry out the business method.[1]

Examples

Patent applications which were rejected or have not yet received a final decision:

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