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在商业方法专利的挖掘能力方面,小公司胜过大公司。美国已经有一些银行向一项票据处理方法专利的权利人各自支付数百万,甚至数千万美元的专利使用费。美国法院也支持金融企业支付商业方法专利费。
Small businesses outperform larger companies in the mining of business method patents. In the United States, some banks already pay royalties of millions or even tens of millions of dollars each to the owner of a bill-processing method patent. U.S. courts also support financial firms to pay business method royalties.