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Method, or process, patents cover the novel process or steps that transform material from one state to another. They can also cover a novel process or method of manufacturing or using a machine to perform an operation on an article of manufacture or a composition of matter. In method or process patents (the names are synonymous), it is the process used, and not the end result, that must be novel and non‐obvious to support patentability. The enforcement term of method or process patents is the same as the article or apparatus patents described earlier.