The Supreme Court did uphold a patent on a software-controlled rubber-curing machine in 1981, but its ruling emphasized that this was because the patent covered a physical machine that happened to have a software component, rather than claiming a software technique by itself.
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Less than a month after I mentioned a new fingerprinting technique using electrostatic charges, forensic scientist Dr. Xanthe Spindler of the University of Technology Sydney in Australia has announced a wildly different new fingerprinting technique.
It is a method rather than a doctrine, an apparatus of the mind, a technique for thinking, which helps the possessor to draw correct conclusions.
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The exhibition brings together more than 100 paintings and sculptures and reveals a technique that used a fascinating combination of mathematics, science and architecture.
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Mr Strauss learned a new technique so well that he made two significant scores of more than a hundred in the last three Tests.
While salt-roasting might sound more complicated than simply baking fish, the technique is a cinch to get the hang of.
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To do this, they used interference reflection microscopy, a technique that reveals details smaller than the wavelength of light itself.
Mr Erard repeatedly peppers his text with such questions, feeling his way through his story as a thoughtful observer, rather than banging about like an academic with a theory to defend or a pitchman with a technique to sell.
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For example, an important consideration in deciding on appropriate response action is whether a cleanup technique will cause more harm than good.
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If her technique is hardly more than that of a home movie, her strategy is complex: the myth of the unimpeachable innocence of wild children against an uncaring world converges with the public image that Le Besco, the actress, projects.
More than three centuries later, etching is still a regularly practiced technique in printmaking, but its use has spread to fields far beyond the art world.
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Studies have shown that a technique called liquid cytology is a better system than the current one, and also facilitates the use of HPV tests where appropriate.
Officials said it will use a technique called hotboxing, which costs more but lasts longer than standard repairs.
Fewer than 300 people in the study had gastric bypass surgery, a more dramatic technique in which the surgeon creates a golf-ball-shaped pouch to curb food intake.
Blackburn were so far ahead of the Finnish outfit in terms of technique and tactical nous that the early exchanges were little more than a practice match in MyPa's bucolic little ground which resembled most Premier League clubs' training facilities.
To be accurate, Lima is using a technique known as Electron Beam Melting (EBM) which is more advanced than your basic laser sintering method.
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Spending your days showing people how to improve their Fruit Ninja technique is bound to be more fun than convincing them to pony up for a smart TV.
The researchers used a sophisticated statistical modeling technique to assess viral load and CD4 cell loss in more than 2, 800 patients with HIV who were not receiving treatment.
His group is especially interested in promoting the technique for treating mitochondrial diseases -- these organelles posses a different set of DNA than that contained in the nucleus of cells, and are responsible for generating the energy needed for cells to function.
More than 10 drillers have already received Department of Environmental Protection permission to use mine discharges for fracking, a technique in which millions of gallons of water, along with chemical additives and sand, are pumped down a well to break apart gas-bearing shale deposits.
The technique will be successful only if the cost of hiding a tonne of carbon underground falls lower than the cost of emitting a tonne into the air.
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