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Category of allowable patent claim
States patent law, a method, also called "process", is one of the four principal categories of things that may be patented through "utility patents". The
Method_(patent)
Type of patent
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
Business_method_patent
United States national patent bureau
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is an agency in the U.S. Department of Commerce that serves as the national patent office and trademark
United States Patent and Trademark Office
United_States_Patent_and_Trademark_Office
Patent that covers a computer program
software patent is a patent on a piece of software, such as a computer program, library, user interface, or algorithm. The validity of these patents can be
Software_patent
A covered business method (CBM) patent is defined in section 18 of the America Invents Act (AIA) as a patent that "claims a method or corresponding apparatus
Covered business method patent
Covered_business_method_patent
Topics referred to by the same term
of code associated with a class or object to perform a task Method (patent), under patent law, a protected series of steps or acts Methodism, a Christian
Method
Transformations; Discovery of method to avoid prior liable and dangerous methods; True Dynamic induction. U.S. patent 382,845 - Commutator for dynamo
List_of_Nikola_Tesla_patents
Type of legal protection for an invention
of patents. Particular types of patents for inventions include biological patents, business method patents, chemical patents and software patents. Although
Patent
Defined scope of legal protection
In a patent or patent application, the claims define in technical terms the extent, i.e. the scope, of the protection conferred by a patent, or the protection
Patent_claim
computer programs are explicitly mentioned in statutory United States patent law. Patent law has changed to address new technologies, and decisions of the
Software patents under United States patent law
Software_patents_under_United_States_patent_law
Right granted to the inventor
applications. 2014 – The US Supreme Court limited patentability of business methods, software patents, and other abstract ideas in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank
United_States_patent_law
list of Edison patents. Thomas Edison was an inventor who accumulated 2,332 patents worldwide for his inventions. 1,093 of Edison's patents were in the United
List_of_Edison_patents
The software patent debate is the argument about the extent to which, as a matter of public policy, it should be possible to patent software and computer-implemented
Software_patent_debate
American computer scientist (born 1954)
"US Patent for Ultra-low bandwidth intra-network routing method Patent (Patent # 6,701,375 issued March 2, 2004) - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia
Neil_Siegel
Legal proceeding
Patent prosecution is the interaction between applicants and a patent office with regard to a patent application or a patent. The prosecution process is
Patent_prosecution
received a method patent, titled Method of Making a Pizza for stuffed crust pizza. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Mongiello sent his patent to major
Anthony_Mongiello
AIA, including what are business-method patents under the AIA and whether the AIA authorizes the PTO to hold such patents invalid in CBM proceedings on the
Versata Development Group, Inc. v. SAP America, Inc.
Versata_Development_Group,_Inc._v._SAP_America,_Inc.
Consortium in patent law
creation of a patent pool can save patentees and licensees time and money, and, in case of blocking patents, it may also be the only reasonable method for making
Patent_pool
Overview of and topical guide to patents
applicability of patents to substances and processes wholly or partially natural in origin is a subject of debate. Business method patent – includes patents on new
Outline_of_patents
Online purchasing with only a single mouse click
lifted by GNU in September 2002. Business method patent, a class of patents which disclose and claim new methods of doing business "Amazon.com Help: About
1-Click
This is a list of legal terms relating to patents and patent law. A patent is not a right to practice or use the invention claimed therein, but a territorial
Glossary_of_patent_law_terms
Pejorative term related to intellectual property
business, patent trolling or patent hoarding is a categorical or pejorative term applied to a person or company that attempts to enforce patent rights against
Patent_troll
2014 United States Supreme Court case
Supreme Court decision about patent eligibility of business method patents. The issue in the case was whether certain patent claims for a computer-implemented
Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International
Alice_Corp._v._CLS_Bank_International
Application filed at a patent office
A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for an invention described in the patent specification and a set
Patent_application
Reproduction cost method: Estimations are performed by gathering all costs associated with the purchase or development of a replica of the patent under valuation
Patent_valuation
Form of patent infringement liability
or method patent. In the case of a method patent, no single accused infringer can performed[clarification needed] all of the steps of the method. In
Divided_infringement
Breach of the rights conferred by a patent
infringing party's product (or method, service, and so on) falls within one or more of the (independent) claims of the patent. The process employed involves
Patent_infringement
Type of coated leather
Patent leather is a type of coated leather that has a high-gloss finish. In general, patent leather is fine grain leather that is treated to give it a
Patent_leather
American businessman (born 1955)
can lead to a long-term sustainable business. Walker owns 12 business method patents and 240 others pending. Walker attended Cornell University where he
Jay_S._Walker
Concept in patent law
theorems and computer programs per se. However, business methods are patentable. The European Patent Convention (EPC) does not provide positive guidance on
Patentable_subject_matter
Offices of Europe, Japan and the US
Trilateral Patent Offices, or simply the Trilateral Offices, are the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the United States Patent and
Trilateral_Patent_Offices
Japanese sports agent (born 1970)
system and method Patent. Application US16/894,391". Google Patents. Retrieved 2017-10-27. "Video streaming playback system and method Patent number: 10
Tetsuro_Kiyooka
Medicine sold regardless of effectiveness
history of patent medicines is coextensive with scientific medicine. Empirical medicine, and the beginning of the application of the scientific method to medicine
Patent_medicine
Pizza with filled crusts
not infringed on the Patent in 1999, the court stating "...[the] plaintiff does not have a product patent, and its method patent is not infringed simply
Stuffed_crust_pizza
Decision of the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal
(Commissioner of Patents) is a decision of the Federal Court of Appeal concerning the patentability of business methods within the context of the Patent Act. At
Amazon.com Inc v Canada (Commissioner of Patents)
Amazon.com_Inc_v_Canada_(Commissioner_of_Patents)
whether or not a thing is patentable, not the form in which it is claimed. Thus a non-patentable method cannot be patented under the guise of an apparatus
Software patents under United Kingdom patent law
Software_patents_under_United_Kingdom_patent_law
process, method or use claims (claims referring to an activity), see Claim (patent), section "Basic types and categories". In United States patent law, a
List_of_patent_claim_types
2008 business method patent case
(CAFC) on the patenting of method claims, particularly business methods. The court affirmed the rejection of the patent claims involving a method of hedging
In_re_Bilski
Patent on an invention in the field of biology
A biological patent is a patent on an invention in the field of biology that by law allows the patent holder to exclude others from making, using, selling
Biological_patent
in the regulations annexed to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) that relate to the search and examination of patent applications concerning computer
Computer programs and the Patent Cooperation Treaty
Computer_programs_and_the_Patent_Cooperation_Treaty
1998 U.S. court case
patentability of business methods. State Street for a time established the principle that a claimed invention was eligible for protection by a patent
State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, Inc.
State_Street_Bank_&_Trust_Co._v._Signature_Financial_Group,_Inc.
decisions have encouraged more inventors to file patent applications on methods of doing business. These patents may be used to get more comprehensive coverage
Insurance_patent
Drawings illustrating patents
A patent application or patent may contain drawings, also called patent drawings, illustrating the invention, some of its embodiments (which are particular
Patent_drawing
Systematic collection of tasks within a business
of IT support for business processes." Business functions Business method patent Business process automation Business Process Definition Metamodel Business
Business_process
Crystal growth technology
patent for this method was filed in the Netherlands in 1954 and in the United States in 1955 by Jan Anthony Lely of Philips Electronics. The patent was
Lely_method
Program for Covered Business Method Patents, and derivation proceedings. The PTAB is headed by Acting Chief Administrative Patent Judge Kalyan K. Deshpande
Patent_Trial_and_Appeal_Board
American inventor, entrepreneur, and naturalist
marketed frozen fish products using his quick-freezing methods. In 1929, the company and its patents were acquired by Goldman Sachs and the Postum Cereal
Clarence_Birdseye
Sales phenomenon
significant resources in seeking routes to patent extensions. For instance, one method is to develop a new delivery method for the therapeutic. Biosimilar Evergreening
Patent_cliff
Steel production method
filed his first patent related to the Bessemer process. He patented the method a year later in 1856. William Kelly was awarded priority patent in 1857. Bessemer
Bessemer_process
French-born American optical engineer
Patent (Patent # 8,340,455)". "US Patent for Dynamically focused optical instrument Patent (Patent # 8,184,367)". "US Patent for Systems and methods for generating
Jannick_Rolland
International treaty on intellectual property protections
requirements for patentability "in all fields of technology", and whether or not this necessitates the granting of software and business method patents. List of
TRIPS_Agreement
Supreme Court of the United States cases in the area of patent law. List of United States patent law cases List of United States Supreme Court copyright
List of United States Supreme Court patent case law
List_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_patent_case_law
Intellectual property analysis
Enforcement by patent trolls of poor quality patents has led to criticism of the patent office as well as the system itself. Patents on pharmaceuticals
Criticism_of_patents
mathematical method is not patentable, but an electrical filter designed according to this method would not be excluded from patentability by Article 52(2)
Software patents under the European Patent Convention
Software_patents_under_the_European_Patent_Convention
A tax patent is a patent that discloses and claims a system or method for reducing or deferring taxes. Tax patents have been granted predominantly in the
Tax_patent
Concept in patent law
of law, an invention is patentable if it meets the relevant legal conditions to be granted a patent. By extension, patentability also refers to the substantive
Patentability
Type of metal coating
agent, aluminum material, and surface conversion coating treatment method". Patent WO2018006270, filed on 2016-07-05, granted on 2018-01-11. Lishi Wang
Conversion_coating
German national patent office
established office was Karl Rudolf Jacobi. The first German patent was granted on 1 July 1877 for a "method for producing a red ultramarine colour", invented by
German Patent and Trade Mark Office
German_Patent_and_Trade_Mark_Office
European patent law covers a range of legislations including national patent laws, the Strasbourg Convention of 1963, the European Patent Convention of
European_patent_law
2015 United States court case
Patent No. 6,258,540, which claims priority to GB9704444 filed on 4 March 1997 by Oxford University Innovation Ltd. The patent describes a method of
Ariosa_v._Sequenom
2014 United States Supreme Court case
determining patent infringement liability when multiple actors are involved in carrying out the claimed infringement of a method patent and no single
Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc.
Akamai_Technologies,_Inc._v._Limelight_Networks,_Inc.
Legal procedure related to patents
United States patent law, a reexamination is a process whereby anyone—third party or inventor—can have a U.S. patent reexamined by a patent examiner to
Reexamination
Protection from financial loss
from copying with a business method patent in the United States. A recent example of a new insurance product that is patented is Usage Based auto insurance
Insurance
Ownership of creative expressions and processes
software patents, and business method patents harm the public interest. More recently, scientists and engineers are expressing concern that patent thickets
Intellectual_property
Under United States patent law, the term of patent, provided that maintenance fees are paid on time, is 20 years from the filing date of the earliest U
Term of patent in the United States
Term_of_patent_in_the_United_States
American engineer and inventor
National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2022 for her patent VoIP Technology U.S. Patent No. 7,599,359 Method and apparatus for monitoring end-to-end performance
Marian_Croak
Construction method for concrete ceilings
construction method for concrete ceilings, invented by engineer Eli Ron in the late 1970s (Israel Patent No. 104,101). The Pal-Kal method offered an easier
Pal-Kal
Land grant made by a sovereign entity
A land patent is a form of letters patent assigning official ownership of a particular tract of land that has gone through various legally-prescribed processes
Land_patent
2006 English court case
subject matter was not patentable subject matter under UK patent law. The UK patent examiner found that the claims related to a method for doing business
Aerotel Ltd v Telco Holdings Ltd
Aerotel_Ltd_v_Telco_Holdings_Ltd
because business methods as such are not patentable under the different European national patent laws or under the European Patent Convention. Opponents
Proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions
Proposed_directive_on_the_patentability_of_computer-implemented_inventions
States Patent - Method of extruding a foamed plastic composition". "United States Patent - Corrosion inhibiting composition and method". Patent Office
Gus_Scarvelis
the development of the law of patent-eligibility (Invalidating method claims for "abstract idea", where steps of method not tied to particular machine)
List of United States patent law cases
List_of_United_States_patent_law_cases
Litigation between vendors, since 2009
share, companies that have been granted a patent can sue to prevent competitors from using the methods the patent covers. Since 2010 the number of lawsuits
Smartphone_patent_wars
Concept in patent law
state of the art or background art) is a concept in patent law used to determine the patentability of an invention, in particular whether an invention
Prior_art
American insurance and investment management company
is the owner of U.S. patent 7,089,201, “Method and apparatus for providing retirement income benefits”. This patent covers methods for administering variable
Lincoln_National_Corporation
strategy used to prevent another party from obtaining a patent on a product, apparatus or method for instance. The strategy consists in disclosing an enabling
Defensive_publication
Swiss domain registrar
dnjournal.com. Retrieved 2025-10-18. "U.S. Patent Application for INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM AND METHOD Patent Application (Application #20250274430 issued
Freename
is a U.S. common law patent doctrine that limits the extent to which patent holders can control an individual article of a patented product after a so-called
Exhaustion doctrine under U.S. law
Exhaustion_doctrine_under_U.S._law
Professor of Electrical Engineering
assembly and method Patent (Patent # 4,863,759 issued September 5, 1989) - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 2019-04-14. "US Patent for Completely
Cardinal_Warde
Short-term debt instrument with a fixed interest rate
fixed bill pricing scheme. It has been viewed as a “pure” Business method patent and was rejected by the USPTO examiner, the USPTO board of appeals,
Fixed_bill
2013 United States Supreme Court case
is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated." However, the Court allowed patenting of complementary DNA, which contains
Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.
Association_for_Molecular_Pathology_v._Myriad_Genetics,_Inc.
Camouflage to counteract self-shading
"Advanced camouflage system and method, Patent application 11/159,911, Publication US 2005/0276955 A1". US Patent Office. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 19 January
Countershading
Novel device, material or technical process
with industrial applicability. A patent is jurisdictional, meaning that a patent only provides rights to the patent owner within the jurisdiction (Country
Invention
to American Patent Law. AIPA added An "earlier invention" defense for business method patents – 35 U.S.C. §273; Publication of US patent applications
American Inventors Protection Act
American_Inventors_Protection_Act
Airplane flight control patent dispute
The Wright brothers patent war centers on the patent that the Wright brothers received for their method of airplane flight control. They were two Americans
Wright_brothers_patent_war
Condition where the ductus arteriosus fails to close after birth
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a medical condition in which the ductus arteriosus fails to close after birth: this allows a portion of oxygenated blood
Patent_ductus_arteriosus
Battle to secure patents for litigation
A patent war is a competition or rivalry between corporations or individuals to secure patents for litigation, whether offensively or defensively. There
Patent_war
Type of patents in the United States
time when scientists patented methods on their biotechnological inventions with recombinant DNA. It was not until 1980 that patents for whole-scale living
Biological patents in the United States
Biological_patents_in_the_United_States
American businessman
September 2017. U.S. patent 5,121,329, June 9, 1989, "Apparatus and Method for Creating Three-Dimensional Objects" (A system and a method for building three-dimensional
S._Scott_Crump
Discriminatory practices in US patent law
first African American to be granted a patent in the United States. His patent was for a dry cleaning method he called "dry scouring." Jennings' accomplishment
Patent_racism
Chemical compound
com: Topical Ointment Patent Google.com: Topical Ointment Patent 2 Google: Transdermal Drug Delivery System and Method Patent Google.com: Transdermal
Amcinonide
Government agency that issues patents
A patent office is a governmental or intergovernmental organization which controls the issue of patents. In other words, "patent offices are government
Patent_office
important for timely examination of business method patents. Projected delays in examination of business method patents range from 4 to 14 years. This is primarily
Petition_to_make_special
American inventor and audio engineer
Dual Loudness Meter and Method; Patent number 4,528,501, June 9, 1985 Dynamic Video Luminance and Chrominance Meter; Patent number 5,216,492, June 1
Michael_L._Dorrough
As yet ungranted patent application
"Patent pending" (sometimes abbreviated by "pat. pend." or "pat. pending") or "patent applied for" are legal designations or expressions that can be used
Patent_pending
Topics referred to by the same term
movement in ballroom dancing Covered business method patent Curriculum-based measurement, an assessment method to track student progress in basic skills (i
CBM
Legal protection of rights in an invention
of patents and patent law is generally considered to have started with the Venetian Statute of 1474. There is some evidence that some form of patent rights
History_of_patent_law
that a novel business method may be an essential element of a valid patent claim." After re-examination, the Amazon.com patent was issued by the Commissioner
Software patents under Canadian patent law
Software_patents_under_Canadian_patent_law
American entrepreneur, businessman and inventor
for founding various companies as well as engineering and patenting several systems and methods in telecommunications, advertising, and video gaming. Jonathan
Jonathan_I._Strietzel
Aspect of Japanese law
Japanese patent law is based on the first-to-file principle and is mainly given force by the Patent Act (特許法, Tokkyohō) of Japan. Article 2 defines an
Japanese_patent_law
METHOD PATENT
METHOD PATENT
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Language of Bihar
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Polish
Polish form of Greek Methodios, METODY means "method."
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Indian, Sanskrit
Method; Law
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Arabic
Beautiful
Male
Arthurian
, Arthur's nephew.
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Indian
Method
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Hindu, Indian
Method
Male
Greek
(Μεθόδιος) Greek name derived from methodos, METHODIOS means "method."
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Method; Organisation; System
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Greek, Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil
Dew Drops
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Method; Goddess of Destiny
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Indian, Telugu
Worship; To Acquire the Method
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Method; Manner
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Arabic, Muslim
Organization; Arrangement; Method
Boy/Male
Hindu
Male
Greek
(Σήθος) Greek form of Egyptian Sutekh, possibly SETHOS means "one who dazzles." In mythology, this is the name of an ancient evil god of Chaos, storms, and the desert, who slew Osiris.Â
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Arabic, Muslim
Management; Method; Order; Regulation
Male
Slovene
Slovene form of Greek Methodios, METOD means "method."
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Egyptian
Name of a prince.
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Hindu, Indian
Method; Law; Most Beautiful
METHOD PATENT
METHOD PATENT
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Tamil
Exited
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Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
A Wise Woman
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Remembering the Real
Girl/Female
Muslim
Shining. Luminous.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
One who Takes Short Steps; Name of a Narrator of Hadith
Male
Dutch
, able council.
Girl/Female
Norse
A prophetess.
Boy/Male
Indian
Literal meaning of ‘abhyan’ is to start a movement, A campaign or a firm resolution of An idea or belief
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Irish Gaelic
Surname.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Brutal on demons
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n.
A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches of onyx stones set in gold, and fastened by a girdle of the same stuff as the ephod. The ephod for the priests was of plain linen; that for the high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front.
n.
Method of expression; association of words.
n.
The art and principles of method.
adv.
Without method; confusedly; unsystematically.
n.
A binary compound of methyl with some element; as, aluminium methide, Al2(CH3)6.
v. i.
Journey; way; method of proceeding.
n.
An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.
n.
The didactic method or system.
n.
One without method; a quack.
n.
The commercial spirit or method.
n.
Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnaean method.
n.
A hydrocarbon radical, CH3, not existing alone but regarded as an essential residue of methane, and appearing as a component part of many derivatives; as, methyl alcohol, methyl ether, methyl amine, etc.
adv.
In a cubical method.
n.
Want of method.
n.
The science of method or arrangement; a treatise on method.
n.
Customary method of acting; habit.
n.
The technical name of methyl alcohol or wood spirit; also, by extension, the class name of any of the series of alcohols of the methane series of which methol proper is the type. See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl.
adv.
In the Socratic method.
n.
One who observes method.
n.
Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual.