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According to [[An Empirical Look at Software Patents|a 2004 paper by Bessen and Hunt]], the USPTO approves about 70 software patents per day.([http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=461701 see page 47]) Other sources have said that in 2006 the USTPO granted just over 40,000 software patents.<ref>http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/01/12/patent-ibm.html</ref> | According to [[An Empirical Look at Software Patents|a 2004 paper by Bessen and Hunt]], the USPTO approves about 70 software patents per day.([http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=461701 see page 47]) Other sources have said that in 2006 the USTPO granted just over 40,000 software patents.<ref>http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/01/12/patent-ibm.html</ref> | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== |
Revision as of 17:59, 12 June 2009
The USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) is known for granting software patents.
They are considered as having some of the lowest standards of evaluation.
According to a 2004 paper by Bessen and Hunt, the USPTO approves about 70 software patents per day.(see page 47) Other sources have said that in 2006 the USTPO granted just over 40,000 software patents.[1]
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See also
External links
USPTO documents
- http://des.uspto.gov/Foia/ReterivePdf?system=BPAI&flNm=fd20072130-10-04-2007-1 "There is no authority that we know of which permits software per se to be considered statutory [patentable subject matter]."
- The USPTO's accelerated patent procedure
Third party documents
- http://www.bitlaw.com/source/soft_pats/final.html
- A 1981 patent claims to be the first USA software patent