Appeal No. 95-0792
Application No. 07/828,092
Street Bank 149 F.3d at 1374, 47 USPQ2d at 1602. In this
case, the court stated that "the transformation of data,
representing discrete dollar amounts, by a machine through a
series of mathematical calcula-tions into a final share price,
constitutes a practical application of a mathematical
algorithm ... because it produces ’a useful, concrete and
tangible result’ ...." State Street Bank 149 F.3d at 1373, 47
USPQ2d at 1601.
Significantly, the court concluded its analysis of the
mathematical algorithm issue as follows: "The question of
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