The court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that a data processing system for providing financial services was patentable subject matter.
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State St. Bank v. Signature Financial
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Although the Federal Circuit concluded in State St. Bank that certain data processing methods are patentable subject matter, the U.S. Patent Office allowed many software based patent applications to issue before the court's decision.