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Article: Software patent applications directed to business and mathematical processing applications highlight the tension between State Street and Benson.
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- Rutgers Computer & Technology Law Journal
- Article date:
- September 22, 1999
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I. INTRODUCTION
Recent decisions by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals suggest a significant expansion of the scope of patentable subject matter for software-related inventions.(1) In particular, a recent decision by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, Inc.(2) has dramatically expanded the scope of patentable subject matter under patent law by essentially eliminating the method of doing business and mathematical algorithm exceptions to patentable subject matter.(3)
Following recent decisions by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals (Federal Circuit), and the State Street case in particular, ...