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'''In re Alappat''', 33 F.3d 1526, 1543 (Fed. Cir. 1994), [[USA]].
 
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Alapatt applied for a patent on a particular method used in a particular kind of electronic instrument. The patent examiner rejected the application, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences then found in favour of it, and the case then went to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, where it is known as In re Alapatt. The Federal Court reversed the decision of the Board, denying the patent.
  
 
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*[http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/In_re_Alappat In re Alapatt]: on the IT Law Wiki.
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*[http://digital-law-online.info/cases/31PQ2D1545.htm In re Alapatt]: at Digital Law Online
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Revision as of 13:20, 10 January 2010

In re Alappat, 33 F.3d 1526, 1543 (Fed. Cir. 1994), USA.

Alapatt applied for a patent on a particular method used in a particular kind of electronic instrument. The patent examiner rejected the application, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences then found in favour of it, and the case then went to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, where it is known as In re Alapatt. The Federal Court reversed the decision of the Board, denying the patent.

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As cited by SAP in their amicus brief for the 2008 in re Bilski case:

"[i]t is estimated that 85-90% of the world's technology is disclosed only in patent documents." (Newman, J., concurring)

Of course, using this quote when discussing software is disingenuous given the massive, complete, and freely reusable information disclosed by free software such as GNU/Linux, and given that many authorities have said of software patents that the disclosure is useless.

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