The New York Times has an article titled "Federal Court **Limits** Patents on Business Methods" about the recent Bilski decision. The USPTO has requested a change in the title of the article:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/**federal-court-kills-patents-on-business-methods**/
October 30, 2008, 6:29 pm
Federal Court Limits Patents on Business Methods
By Brad StoneUPDATED 10/31 12:30: Change to headline and comment from United States Patent and Trademark Office
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UPDATE: Jennifer Rankin Byrne, director of public affairs for the United States Patent and Trademark Office, wrote to say that the word “kill” in the original headline on this item was too strong. The court rejected calls to exclude all business method patents, but narrowed the definition of what is patentable to innovations that involve transformations of a machine or computer.“We are pleased that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has agreed with the USPTO regarding the correct test to be applied in determining patent eligibility for process claims, based upon Supreme Court precedent,” she wrote.
If Mrs Jennifer Rankin Byrne could point out where she sees the term computer in the Bilski decision, that would help to back her statement.