1.   But Andrx counters that the AstraZeneca patents do not apply because Andrx uses a different, simplified process to make the pills.

2.   Checkfree said that the patent did not apply to banks that offered bill payment services to their own customers.

3.   The International Center for Technology Assessment, which has long opposed the patenting of living things, pointed out that the patent applies to mammals, without excepting humans.

4.   The patent also applies to its method for setting payment limits for customers.

5.   The patent applies to its system of deciding which payment method to use to pay each bill.

6.   Fujitsu has said the Japanese patent does not apply to the advanced chips it makes.

7.   Texas Instruments has said the patent applies to nearly all integrated circuits.