The development of business method patenting in the logistics industry - insights from the case of intelligent sensor networks

Niemann, Helen; Moehrle, Martin G.; Walter, Lothar

doi:10.1504/ijtm.2013.052174

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“…There are several limitations that have to be considered: We assume that a patent is a business method patent if classified in USPC 705, as this patent class is intended for business methods (Hall and MacGarvie, ; Niemann et al, ). However, some business method patents may as well be classified in other patent classes (Hall, ).…”

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“…In this case, a patent on a software program for valuing mutual funds was validated, and thus paved the way for business method patents. In another proceeding between AT&T and Excel, the Federal Circuit confirmed the State Street case decision that a physical transformation is no precondition for a statutory method claim (Meurer, ; Hall, ; Niemann et al, ). In 2010, the US Supreme Court decided in the Bilski case that ‘methods for hedging risks for commodities trading’ were not patentable, and ruling became more restrictive (Lemley et al, ; Niemann et al, ).…”

Section: From the Legal Perspective: The Emergence Of Business Methodmentioning

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“…In another proceeding between AT&T and Excel, the Federal Circuit confirmed the State Street case decision that a physical transformation is no precondition for a statutory method claim (Meurer, ; Hall, ; Niemann et al, ). In 2010, the US Supreme Court decided in the Bilski case that ‘methods for hedging risks for commodities trading’ were not patentable, and ruling became more restrictive (Lemley et al, ; Niemann et al, ). In the Alice Corporation vs. CLS Bank International proceedings of 2014, the US Supreme Court decided that the claims of the patents held by the Alice Corporation concerned abstract ideas, which were not eligible for patent protection under 35 U.S.C.…”

Section: From the Legal Perspective: The Emergence Of Business Methodmentioning

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“…For our basic analyses, we use meta‐data provided by the patents, selecting classification and assignee data. In total, 3,760 of the 36,935 collected patents are classified in United States Patent Class (USPC) 705, entitled ‘Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination’ (USPTO, ), and reserved to business method patents (Hall and MacGarvie, ; Niemann et al, ). We define the patents in this class as business method patents.…”

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confidence: 99%

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How business methods accompany technological innovations – a case study using semantic patent analysis and a novel informetric measure

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Usually, the development of a technology interacts with the development of business methods, which are needed to enter the application fields. For some years now, it is possible to analyse their interaction as, next to technological innovations, business method innovations can be patented. To investigate this interplay, we select the case of radio frequency identification devices (RFID) – a technology that first emerged many years ago, but is still undergoing further development. We analyse approximately 37,000 patents related to RFID technology from the period between 1990 and 2014, differentiating between technological and business method patents, by means of bibliographic and semantic analyses, using one well established and one novel informetric measure. Contrary to our expectations, the results point to technological innovations that are not ensued but constantly accompanied by business methods. Furthermore, we identify two types of players, that is technology and application specialists. There is a clear distinction between these two types, though all companies of both types apply for technological as well as business method patents. As our semantic analysis reveals, RFID were successively introduced in their application fields between 1998 and 2008, starting with industrial applications, and then moving on to service applications. In future, technology managers should develop strategies based on the interaction between technological and business method patents, keeping in mind the early start and sequential development of different application fields.

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“…A BM patent is defined as the method of administering, managing, or operating an enterprise or organisation (Koda 2000). Even if a BM patent deals with the process and methods of general businesses, its main application area has been the service industry such as trade, transacting, finance, resource management, marketing, and customer service (Niemann, Moehrle, and Walter 2013;Alyappan and Bandyopadhayay 2014). For this reason, the literature has discussed the characteristics of BM patent as related to the service technologies (Geum et al 2013;Kim, Jeon, and Kim 2015).…”

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