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　　Over the past decade, thousands of patents have seen granted for what are called business methods. Amazon.com received one for its “one-click” online payment system. Merrill Lynch got legal protection for an asset allocation strategy. One inventor patented a technique for lying a box。

　　本段是背景段，講過去的事情。只需看懂第一句“過去的幾十年中，上千個商業方法被授予專利�！�

　　Now the nation’s top patent court appears completely-property lawyers abuzz the U.S. court of Appeals for the federal circuit said it would use a particular case to conduct a broad review of business-method patents. In the Bilski, as the case is known, is a “very big deal”， says Dennis’D Crouch of the University of Missouri School of law. It “has the potential to eliminate an entire class of patents�！�

　　本段轉折�！皩�會用一個案例來全面審查商業方法專利”。最后一句“它有可能排除一種專利(即上文的business-method patent)”

　　26. Business-method patents have recently aroused concern because of

　　[A] their limited value to business

　　[B] their connection with asset allocation

　　[C] the possible restriction on their granting

　　[D] the controversy over authorization

　　選[C]，根正苗紅的同義替換。possible= potential ， eliminate= restriction

　　[A] 無中生有 [B] 用第一段的一個小例子中的細節捏造選項 [D] controversy 無中生有。

　　27. Which of the following is true of the Bilski case?

　　[A] Its ruling complies with the court decisions

　　[B] It involves a very big business transaction

　　[C] It has been dismissed by the Federal Circuit

　　[D] It may change the legal practices in the U.S。

　　選[D] potential= may ,change 對應著第一段和第二段之間的轉折。從本段的review，eliminate也可以看出這是一種轉折。

　　全文一直沒有講Bilski case的判決的結果，而 [A] [C]都是在講其判決結果，所以與原文相反。

　　[B] 是從原文“ a “very big deal””字面意識出發設置的干擾選項。a big deal 其實在英文中的意思是“重要”，而不是“生意(transaction)”

　　本題[D]還有may ,正確答案往往語氣委婉，所以更加確定選這個選項。

　　Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face, because it was the federal circuit itself that introduced such patents with is 1998 decision in the so-called state Street Bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets. That ruling produced an explosion in business-method patent filings, initially by emerging internet companies trying to stake out exclusive pinhts to specific types of online transactions. Later, move established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might bent them to the punch. In 2005, IBM noted in a court filing that it had been issued more than 300 business-method patents despite the fact that it questioned the legal basis for granting them. Similarly, some Wall Street investment films armed themselves with patents for financial products, even as they took positions in court cases opposing the practice。

　　28. The word “about-face” (Line 1,Para 3) most probably means

　　[A] loss of good will

　　[B] increase of hostility

　　[C] change of attitude

　　[D] enhancement of disnity

　　本題是詞匯題，一定要返回原文通過上下文解題。Because 之前是說對business-method 的約束(curbs)，而because之后說的是“正是聯邦審判引入了business-method”，所以二者之間自然表明了是“態度的轉變”。所以選[C]

　　The Bilski case involves a claimed patent on a method for hedging risk in the energy market. The Federal circuit issued an unusual order stating that the case would be heard by all 12 of the court’s judges, rather than a typical panel of three and that one issue it wants to evaluate is weather it should “reconsider” its state street Bank ruling。

　　本段第一句話沒有看懂，直接跳過。第二句講“聯邦審判要求這個案子要12個法官審，而不是普通的3人小組，并且要求判斷是否要重新考慮之前的Bank ruling” 由本句可以排除29 [A]

　　The Federal Circuit’s action comes in the wake of a series of recent decisions by the supreme Count that has narrowed the scope of protections for patent holders. Last April, for example the justices signaled that too many patents were being upheld for “inventions” that are obvious. The judges on the Federal circuit are “reacting to the anti_patent trend at the supreme court”， says Harole C.wegner, a partend attorney and professor at aeorge Washington University Law School。

　　in the wake of= after 。第一句：最高法院已經減少了對專利持有者的保護(protection)。而29[C] 減少了對專利持有者的尊重(esteem)。其中esteem是對protection的偷梁換柱。第二句：舉例子。法官發出信號： too many (過多的專利被授予了)，表明法院認為很多business-method 不應該被授予，所以選[B] too many =often unnecessarily. [D]無中生有。

　　29. We learn from the last two paragraphs that business-method patents

　　[A] are immune to legal challenges

　　[B] are often unnecessarily issued

　　[C] lower the esteem for patent holders

　　[D] increase the incidence of risks

　　見上文的解析。本題[A] [B] 兩項相反必去其一。

　　30. Which of the following would be the subject of the text?

　　[A] A looming threat to business-method patents

　　[B] Protection for business-method patent holders

　　[C] A legal case regarding business-method patents

　　[D] A prevailing trend against business-method patents

　　選擇 [A] 。首先排除[B]，與原文相反。[C]大帽子。[A] [D]的選擇有一定難度。用串線法解題。第一段講過去business method很容易被授予專利。其中第一段的最后一句話已經暗含著對這種做法的反對。第二段轉折：將會用一個案例來全面審查商業方法專利。第三段：對business method的約束(curbs)是法院態度的巨大轉變。最后一段明確提出reacting to the anti-patent trend at the supreme court 。要注意的是原文始終沒有說Bilski case的判決，因此只是一個looming (隱約地出現)的danger ，而不是已經盛行的趨勢。

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