Supreme Court ruling leaves window open for business method patents

摘要

Business method patents are safe for the time being.This past June, the Supreme Court issued the much-anticipated opinion in Bilski et al. v. Kappos, 130 S.Ct. 3218 (2010). The 5-4 majority opinion, authored by Justice Kennedy, held the claims of the patent application at issue were directed to an abstract idea and therefore were not patentable under 35 U.S.C. 101.