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U.S. Patent Law Update September 11, 2012 美国专利法最新进展 2012年9月11日 Leonora Hoicka Associate General Counsel Intellectual Property Law 李奥诺拉. 赫卡 IBM总部资深知识产权法律总监 Update on U.S. Patent Law 美国专利法最新进展 Agenda 议程  Subject matter  保护客体  Inequitable conduct  不公正行为  Joinder in patent litigation  专利诉讼中的合并诉讼 2 Subject Matter 保护客体 35 USC §101 Inventions patentable. 《美国法典》第35篇第101条规定的可获得专利的发明 Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title. 凡发明或发现任何新颖和适用的方法、机器、制造品或物质的组分或 它们的任何新颖和适用的改进者，可以按照本法规定的条件和要求取 得专利权。 3 Recap of Bilski v. Kappos (130 S. Ct. 3218) Bilski诉Kappos案的回顾  US Supreme Court decision on June 28, 2010  美国最高法院的判决，2010年6月28 日  Bilski‘s claimed invention:  Bilski案所涉及发明的权利要求 A method for managing the consumption risk costs of a commodity sold by a commodity provider at a fixed price comprising the steps of: (a) initiating a series of transactions between said commodity provider and consumers of said commodity wherein said consumers purchase said commodity at a fixed rate based upon historical averages, said fixed rate corresponding to a risk position of said consumer; (b) identifying market participants for said commodity having a counter-risk position to said consumers; and (c) initiating a series of transactions between said commodity provide