Therefore, any patent that claims a method of solving a problem by programming a general-purpose computer is, like the patent the high court struck down 40 years ago, effectively a patent on a mathematical algorithm.
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Prometheus decision declaring a patent on a method of diagnosing disease invalid.
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Prometheus Laboratories that Prometheus obtained a patent on a method of treating digestive-tract diseases that is so broad it prevents its researchers from even thinking about the process it covers.
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However, prior art from any country is valid as a method of striking down a patent.
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The New York-based drug giant filed a lawsuit last year in the U.S.District Court inDelaware, alleging both Cialis and Levitra infringe a recent Viagra "method-of-use" patent.
Prometheus has a patent on a method for administering the proper dose of a drug by first administering a little, then checking the amount in the patient, and then deciding whether to administer more.
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Her method for probing the validity of a patent often starts with a Google search, moving on to Wikipedia and more obscure troves, like Japanese patent databases translated into English.
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University have jointly devised a patent-pending method to build organic solar cells using plant-derived substrates.
He convinced Genentech in 1986 to let him do more research on the method, and the company applied to patent the inhaled delivery of growth factors.
Described rather broadly as a "method for providing human input to a computer, " the patent (filed in July of 2009) is a continuation of one dating all the way back to 1995, and appears to cover some fairly basic multitouch-related functions.
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