In 2004, a federal district court judge said they did, and in April the Ninth Circuit court of Appeals agreed, ruling the case could proceed.

2004年，联邦地区法院的法官称，她们构成了集团诉讼，今年的4月份，第九上诉巡回法院支持这一判断，裁定诉讼继续进行。

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In Bilski, the court not only rejected a categorical exclusion of business method patents, but also two tests for patentability created by the U.S. court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

在Bilski案中，法院非但拒绝完全排除商业方法专利，而且否定了由美国联邦巡回上诉法院(该院为审理专利商标上诉案件的专门法院——译者注)缔造的判定可专利性的两个检验法。

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The shift is the result of a big ruling made by the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which on Tuesday upheld Raymond E.

这一转变源于美国联邦巡回上诉法院周二作出的一个判决，该判决认定Raymond E.

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What did happen is that for more than two decades, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (which sits below the Supreme Court in the patent appeals process) unilaterally expanded the range of stuff that could be patented.

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The creation of this court, called the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, has been a disaster.

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Although a U.S. District court ruled in favor of KSR, the decision was overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which said the test for whether an invention is "obvious" is fairly rigid.

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