Sentence examples for business method is from inspiring English sources

(Part of Dell's business method is to keep no inventory, relying instead on building models to customer specifications).

Justice Kennedy, however, wrote that "a business method is simply one kind of 'method' that is, at least in some circumstances, eligible for patenting".

At least one Justice, retiring Justice Stevens, concludes in a concurring (but not the majority) opinion that a "business method is not a 'process.'" Most sane people would tend to agree.

Under our patent laws, a mere idea such as a business method was not patentable only devices, designs or processes were.

Their belated deregulation and discovery of Anglo-American business methods is turning sleeping continental giants such as Germany's Siemens, or France's Générale Des Eaux (now bustling, sexy, but conglomerating Vivendi) into international powerhouses.

The better result, he said would have been to declare flatly that "business methods are not patentable".

Still, many of Japan's bureaucrats and business methods are still geared towards protecting local companies, and foreign firms and governments see plenty of room for improvement.

His business methods were purposefully obscure: Yerkes would borrow cash, acquire leases and create networks of construction companies, operating companies and holding companies before issuing diluted stock.

I believe in a nonprofit approach that is "smart with heart," in which the business methods are innovative and tight, but the bottom line is service to artists and the public.

These companies are remarkably opaque with respect to all that they actually do, and they are so valuable that shareholders will not kill the goose that lays the golden egg by inquiring whether their business methods are ethical.

Ironically for someone who runs one of the world's most high-tech sports, his business methods are decidedly antiquated – he still uses fax and does million-dollar deals on a handshake.