Where Does State Street Lead? A First Look at Finance Patents, 1971 to 2000
实证研究了金融公式和方法的专利，其可专利性在State Street Bank案中得到确认。这类专利申请和授权数量正在加速增长，但学术界的申请很少，且专利很少引用学术研究。
ABSTRACT This paper empirically examines patents for financial formulas and methods, whose patentability was recently confirmed in the litigation between State Street Bank and Trust and Signature Financial Group. The number of such filings and awards has been accelerating. Patent filings by academics have been very infrequent, which appears to be a consequence of a lack of awareness or interest on the part of faculty members, rather than any fundamental unsuitability of their research for patenting. The failure to cite academic research in this area appears to be problematic and may reflect patent examiners' limited exposure to finance research and patents.