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''Id.'' at 70.
 
''Id.'' at 70.
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The ''Benson'' decision defined an "algorithm" as a "procedure for solving a given type of mathematical problem."  409 U.S. at 65.  It then held:
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:"It is conceded that one may not patent an idea.  But in practical effect that would be the result if the formula [i.e., algorithm] for converting BCD [binary-coded decimal] numerals to pure binary numerals were patented in this case." (emphasis added)).
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409 U.S. at 71-72.
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Note that patents are statutorily granted only to new processes, with the term "process" defined as "process, art or method, [including] a new use of a known process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, or material." 35 U.S.C. § 100(b) (1982).
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[[Category:patent law]]
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