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Let’s say you are a 34 year old single female in desperate hunt for a life mate because your biological clock is running out.

Let’s say that mathematicians Bilski and Ward had decided to focus their skills on devising a method for reducing risk of being matched to a Frog instead of a potential Prince Charming rather than to energy commodities.

Let’s say their Bilski Claim 1 read as follows:

An improved speed dating process comprising:

(a) for each mate-seeking female, determining which counterpart potential suitor is more likely to be a frog for that female and which is more likely to be her Prince Charming;

(b) ranking the determinations; and

(c) initiating sequential speed dating interactions between the females and their counterpart potential suitors according to said rankings with most likely suitors being positioned at the front of the sequence.

Now; will such a method “transform” the life of a 34 year old mate-seeking female? Will it be “useful” to her. Will it have concrete, tangible and possibly lifelong consequences?

And will the Wise Latina conclude that such innovation should or should not be encouraged by yes/no making it “patent eligible” subject matter? Hmmm.

http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7203674/fulltext.html

The company bringing a product to market based on this patent is SpeedDate.com.

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