You can’t patent a better way to prevent fraud. The board of appeals at the patent office just said so. You also can’t patent a better way to prevent abusive trading behaviors, or solve a tax examination issue or to verify information when you are trying to get a loan. These are just a few of the financial inventions that the board of appeals has said are nothing more than “abstract ideas”. That means they are not patentable no matter how innovative or beneficial they are.
Mark Nowotarski discusses how the most effective way to protect an inventive business method is with a patent on a technical invention. The most effective way to protect an inventive business...
Mark Nowotarski offers a cautious ray of hope for business method applications.It’s tough to fight on after losing an Alice appeal, but that’s just what most applicants are doing. An “Alice appeal”...
Mark Nowotarski discusses how Business Method patents have recovered under the new 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance.
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