What are business methods and business method patents?

Therefore, the business method patent application here should be understood as a patent application involving a data processing system or method specially suitable for business, finance, administration, management, supervision or forecasting purposes. The US Patent and Trademark Office defines the business method patent in the US patent classification code No.705 as: a device and corresponding method used for business operation, government management, enterprise management or generating financial data statements, which makes the data significantly changed or processed to complete the operation; Device and corresponding method for changing data processing or operation when providing goods or services (copyright belongs to the original author! Due to the development of China's market economy and business management mode, there is a certain distance to directly introduce business methods into patent protection, which is controversial in theory and practice, and the specific operation is also an example.