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Now the nation's top patent court appears completely ready to scale back on business-method patents, which have been controversial ever since they were first authorized 10 years ago.

现在，这个国家最高级别的专利法院似乎已完全准备削减商业方法专利，这类专利自十年前首次被授权以来就一直存在争议。

In a move that has intellectual-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.

这一举措让知识产权律师们议论纷纷，美国联邦巡回上诉法院表示，它将利用一个特定案例对商业方法专利进行广泛审查。

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.

2005年，IBM在一份法庭文件中指出，尽管它质疑授予这些专利的法律依据，但该公司已获得了超过300项商业方法专利。

Similarly, some Wall Street investment firms armed themselves with patents for financial products, even as they took positions in court cases opposing the practice.

同样，一些华尔街投资公司通过拥有金融产品的专利来武装自己，即使他们在法庭上反对这种做法的案件中持有立场。

The Federal Circuit's action comes in the wake of a series of recent decisions by the Supreme Court that has narrowed the scope of protections for patent holders.

联邦巡回法院的这一行动是在最高法院一系列最近的裁决之后发生的，这些裁决已经缩小了对专利持有人的保护范围。