米国 ビジネスモデル特許さようなら・・・となるかなあ？

（情報追加：10月28日）Bilski decisionは12月以降になりそうです。（ありゃ、after In re...か。decisionの後ということかな？）
IPO has planned a December 1 session to discuss "Patentable Subject Matter after In re Bilski"(PatentlyO)
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CAFCのBilski decisionが10月頃に下されるのではないかとのことです。（1）
ビジネスモデル特許という汚点が拭い去られることを期待しています。
In re Bilski (Fed. Cir. 2008 - en Banc)

1. Whether claim 1 of the 08/833,892 patent application claims patent-eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101?
2. What standard should govern in determining whether a process is patent-eligible subject matter under section 101?
3. Whether the claimed subject matter is not patent-eligible because it constitutes an abstract idea or mental process; when does a claim that contains both mental and physical steps create patent-eligible subject matter?
4. Whether a method or process must result in a physical transformation of an article or be tied to a machine to be patent-eligible subject matter under section 101?
5. Whether it is appropriate to reconsider State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, Inc., 149 F.3d 1368 (Fed. Cir. 1998), and AT&T Corp. v. Excel Communications, Inc., 172 F.3d 1352 (Fed. Cir. 1999), in this case and, if so, whether those cases should be overruled in any respect?