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A definition of software patent is hard and you can not on the definition of a Patents Office website. Software, in a physical computer readable medium, and support an innovative process or machine is patentable. To a software patent, the patent application is entitled to a subtle way, such as the use of the software or the implementation of certain function or process and how it in a computer readable medium.

Software patents have a very young history as the first software patent was granted in 1981, in the legal case of Diamond v. Diehr. The claimed invention is a heat treatment of rubber, the software code is used to calculate the optimal timing for the duration of treatment. In another case from State Street Bank & Trust v. Signature Financial Group, a software-business-method patents was in 1998, to redefine the patentability of software. The patentability of software is a topic of debate worldwide. The first question an inventor who wants to patent his invention, wonders: "Is software patentable." The short answer is that the U.S. Patent Office has issued software patents, and there was an increase in software patents in the U.S..

A classification of software patents is virtually non-existent, although a majority of recent patents are software patents on the basis of the above criteria and over 1400 patents on pure software. Large companies like IBM, AT & T, Siemens, HP and Microsoft offer an extensive software patent portfolio. IBM has about 31,995 U.S. patents, HP has over 21,000 patents worldwide in 2003, Microsoft has more than 5,000 U.S. patents, and Siemens has more than 10,000 and up to U.S. patents. Microsoft and Siemens have a cross-licensing agreements in order to better access to other patent portfolio. In the USPTO database, there are over 25,123 software patents, claiming that over 284,978 patents are issued, that disclosure of the use of software in their inventions.

Software patents increase is a rise in software innovation and improve the quality of software protection. Cross-licensing agreements support even higher levels of innovation and interaction in the software industry. Software patents protect not only the marketing rights for a company, but also their intellectual property, and thus a driving and inspiring force for the programmer.

Not even started people on the benefits of software products in their daily lives. Software products ranging from operating systems, encryption software, web development, virtual reality gaming software to customized software solutions for industries such as medicine, banking, aviation, military, etc; Software is the savior for many industries . Without software, the people may not progress as planned in the technology and thus the quality of life.

Tankha Ash, U.S. Patent Attorney, with inventors to develop their ideas into patent application for worldwide filing and patenting. Contact Ash ash@ipprocurement.com Tankha