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''In re Bilski'', 545 F.3d 943 (Fed. Cir. 2008), is an ''[[en banc]]'' decision by the [[Federal Circuit]] that establishes new restrictions on the kinds of inventions that are eligible to participate in the [[patent]] system.  

''In re Bilski'', 545 F.3d 943 (Fed. Cir. 2008), is an ''[[en banc]]'' decision by the [[Federal Circuit]] that establishes new restrictions on the kinds of inventions that are eligible to participate in the [[patent]] system.  

The Court interpreted the word "process" in the patent statute to exclude all processes that do not transform physical matter or that are not performed by machines.  

The Court interpreted the word "process" in the patent statute to exclude all processes that do not transform physical matter or that are not performed by machines, known as the "machine-or-transformation test."  Two judges dissented on the grounds that this test is anachronistic and usurps the legislative role; a third judge dissented because he felt the Court should have gone further and excluded "business methods" entirely from patentability.  

== The Patent Application ==

== The Patent Application ==