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In a decision likely headed to the Supreme Court, patent court rules software and business patents can be patented only if they are implemented by a machine or transformed something into a new or different thing. The decision reverses a decade-long trend of expanded patent protection.
- In a ruling with huge implications for the technology sector, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said Oct. 30 pure software or business method patents that are neither tied to a specific machine nor change something into a different state are not patentable. In a 9-3 decision, th...

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