| 21. | Petitions to make special are particularly important for timely examination of business method patents.
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| 22. | In today's vernacular, these would be considered business method patents.
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| 23. | The decline of the company was attributed to Simpson's reversal of Weinstock's business methods.
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| 24. | But she applies business methods to make a business profit.
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| 25. | That ruling made companies much more aware that they could patent software-based business methods.
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| 26. | Patents for " business methods " weren't awarded until 1998.
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| 27. | Even business methods relating to the Internet are being patented, said Seyfarth Shaw's Robins.
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| 28. | In later years he gave talks to magic conventions on business methods for entertainers.
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| 29. | For controversial areas such as business method patents, however, the appeals rate is much higher.
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| 30. | The Federal Circuit's majority opinion did not hold that business methods are categorically patent ineligible.
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