Applications for so-called business method patents have soared over the past decade, from 974 in fiscal 1997 to a peak of 14,364 in 2008, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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[Posted at 11/09/2009 07:10 AM by Justin Levine on Patents (General) 
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