Business Method Patents and U.S. Financial Services.

A decade after the State Street decision, more than 1,000 business method patents are granted each year. Yet, only 1 in 10 is obtained by a financial institution. Most business method patents are also software patents. Have these patents increased innovation in financial services? To address this qu...

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Published in:	Contemporary Economic Policy Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 322 - 353
Main Author:	Hunt, Robert M.
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell July 2010
Subjects:	Business Patents Financial services industry United States
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost