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Welcome to Technology Center 3600's Business Method Web Site. This site is specifically designed to provide you with current information on Business Method-related patent issues. We are making every effort to deliver this information in an easily accessible format, and hope that you find it helpful in answering your questions regarding business method patent-related topics.

Wynn Coggins
Director, Technology Center 3600
wynn.coggins@uspto.gov

	Updated Notification of the 2008 Business Method Partnership Meeting
	Notification of the 2008 Business Method Partnership meeting
	Business Methods Allowance Checklist
	Prior Art in the Field of Business Method Patents - When is an Electronic Document a Printed Publication for Prior Art Purposes?
	Successfully Preparing and Prosecuting a Business Method Patent Application [Rich Text Format]
	Business Methods White Paper
	Class 705 Classification Definitions
	Class 705 core databases
	Class 705 Managers/Contacts/Art Units
	Class 705 Application Filing and Patents Issued Data
	103 Rejection Examples for Business Method Inventions
	For the Revised Examination Guidelines for Computer Implemented Inventions, click here and go to MPEP 2106
	Inventor Resources web site
	Overview of Interim Guidelines for Subject Matter Eligibility
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