The phrase "a business method" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific approach or technique employed in the operation of a business.
Example: "The company has developed a new business method that streamlines its production process."
Alternatives: "a commercial technique" or "a corporate strategy".
Talks about hit-making and how unreliable a business method it is.
Mr. Dickinson said the examiners who analyze and approve patents would be required to search databases to look for "prior art," or existing evidence of a business method.
The agency cannot predict how the new administration will view a revival of legislation that tries to define a "business method" invention.
Experts say the Texas opinion was certainly the first to apply the new standard to financial services and probably the first to apply it to a business method.
Justice Kennedy, however, wrote that "a business method is simply one kind of 'method' that is, at least in some circumstances, eligible for patenting".
"The notion that two of largest financial companies are adopting a business method pioneered by Enron," she said, "suggests that this movie will not end well".
Mr. Miller said the Patent and Trademark Office had subjected his invention to particularly close examination because it contains elements of a business methods patent -- a hot-button issue these days.
Along these same lines, Philz has also established a business methods and values program Jaber calls "Philz University," which is an intensive training and development workshop for new employees and managers.
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office just issued a business-method patent, No. 6,805,663, to Vince Bugliosi Jr. (son of the famous coauthor of Helter Skelter, a book about the Charles Manson murder case) and his wife for "sharing erotic experiences".
Under the new law, someone who can prove they used an electronic business method for a year before a patent application was filed cannot be sued, even if they did not make public their practices.
In 2012, Congress listened to some criticisms of certain types of "business methods" by limiting patents on tax strategies and implementing a Covered Business Method review process that makes it easier for a challenger to invalidate a patent claiming certain "financial products or services" as part of the America Invents Act.
