Bilski and his partner Warsaw applied for and were denied a patent for their business method of hedging risks in commodities trading.

According to the Bilski opinion, the "' useful, concrete and tangible result inquiry ' is inadequate ," and the portions of the State Street decision relying on this inquiry are no longer of any effect under US patent law.

Thus the court noted in In re Bilski that the claims of patent in State Street were for a machine and not a process.

The case was heard by the US Supreme Court on November 9, 2009 and issued an opinion on appeal ( as Bilski v. Kappos ) that affirmed the judgment of the CAFC, but revised many aspects of the CAFC's decision.

In his dissenting opinion in In re Bilski, Judge Mayer criticized the majority for not addressing the preliminary issue of whether the claimed invention was within the useful arts.

In its order setting In re Bilski for reargument en banc, one of the questions that the Federal Circuit listed to be briefed by the applicant, the PTO, and the amici curiae was “( 5 ) Whether the court should reconsider State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, Inc., 149 F. 3d 1368 ( Fed.

Bilski ’ s establishment of the primacy of the machine-or-transformation test as the legal test of patent-eligibility for method claims, however, seemingly leaves little room for business-method patents because of their typical lack of limitations to a “ particular machine ,” assuming that a programmed general-purpose digital computer does not qualify as a particular machine.

A March 2009 district court opinion interpreting Bilski pondered whether " the end has arrived for business method patents.

Although the majority declined say so explicitly, Bilski ’ s holding suggests a perilous future for most business method patents.

The Supreme Court granted certiorari in In re Bilski and oral argument was held on November 9, 2009.

in In re Bilski and oral argument was held on Nov. 9, 2009.

The certiorari petition in Bilski asserts that while the decision “ purported to reject a categorical exclusion of business method patents ,” yet “ its holding has the practical effect of precluding most patents on business methods .”

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Bilski, as the case is commonly known, dealt with the legality of patenting business methods.

" With the 2008 decision In re Bilski, however, the useful-concrete-tangible test was jettisoned.

Thus, in his dissenting opinion in In re Bilski, Judge Mayer stated, " Not surprisingly, State Street and its progeny have generated a thundering chorus of criticism ," and he collected citations to supporting authorities.

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that the “ useful, concrete and tangible result test ” “ is insufficient to determine whether a claim is patent-eligible under § 101 ,” Bilski, 545 F. 3d at 959, and “ is inadequate ,” id.

The Bilski opinion does not hold that business methods are patent-ineligible, so that it at least nominally leaves standing State Street ’ s ruling that business methods are potentially patent-eligible.

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