摘 要: | Raising of the issue The ruling delivered by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit(the CAFC)in 1998 in the State Street Bank & Trust Co.v.Signature Financial Group,Inc.marks the be- ginning of the patent protection for business methods,and has removed,once and for all,the barrier to patent protec- tion for business methods in the U.S..While the requirements for patent grant in the EU and Japan are somewhat different
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