A Soft Introduction to Software Patents
A definition of software patent is hard and one may not find the definition on any patent office website. Software embodied in a physical computer readable medium and aiding an innovative process or machine is considered patentable. In order to obtain a software patent, the patent application has to subtly claim the software as employing or performing certain function or process and as embodied in a computer readable medium.
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Software patents have a very recent history as the first software patent granted was in 1981, in the legal case of Diamond v. Diehr. The claimed invention is a heat treatment of rubber, wherein software code is employed to compute the optimum time duration for the treatment. In another case of State Street Bank & Trust v. Signature Financial Group, a software business method was granted a patent in the year 1998, redefining software patentability. Software patentability has been a topic of debate world over. The first question an inventor, who wishes to patent his invention, asks is "Is software patentable". The short answer is that the US patent office does grant software patents, and there has been a surge in software patenting in the US.
A classification of software patents is virtually nonexistent, although a majority of recent patents are software patents based on the above criteria and about 1400 patents are purely on computational software. Major companies like IBM, AT&T, Siemens, HP and Microsoft boast of an extensive software patent portfolio. IBM possesses 31,995 US patents, HP possesses 21,000 patents worldwide as on 2003, Microsoft possesses 5000 US patents and Siemens possesses more than 10,000 issued and pending US patents. Microsoft and Siemens have a cross-licensing agreement to enable increased access to each others patent portfolios. In the USPTO database there are about 25123 claimed software patents and about 284978 granted patents that disclose the use of software in their inventions.
Software patents will surge a rise in software innovation and also enhance the quality of software protection. Cross-licensing agreements support even higher level of innovation and interaction in the software industry. Software patents not only protect marketing rights for a company but also their intellectual property, thereby providing a driving and inspiring force for the programmers.
Don’t even get started anyone on the advantages of software products in day to day life. Software products range from operating systems, encryption software, web development, virtual reality, gaming software to customized software solutions for other sectors like medical, banking, aviation, military, etc; software has been the savior for many industries. Without software, humans may not have envisioned such advancement in technology and consequently the quality of life.
Ash Tankha, US patent attorney, works with inventors to develop their ideas into patent application for worldwide filing and patenting. Contact Ash Tankha atash@ipprocurement.com or visitwww.ipprocurement.com.
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Wonderful Chocolate Caramels, Penuche, and more:
Frostings are sweet often creamy glazes made from sugar with an added liquid such as water or milk, that is often enriched with ingredients such as butter, egg whites or vanilla flavorings and is used to cover or decorate baked goods, such as cakes or cookies. Pastry bags are then used to apply the frosting to cakes, pies, muffins or other baked goods. A high-quality reusable pastry bag is often made from tightly woven nylon, polyester, rubber or waterproofed cotton. Medium quality bags are similar, except they are not so tightly woven and may let some contents seep through the weave or the seams. After use, a reusable bag is washed by hand and hung open to dry. A high-quality bag may last for many years.
Chocolate Coconut Cakes
2/3 a cup of granulated sugar, 1/4 a cup scant measure of water, One cup, less one tablespoonful, of glucose, 1/2 a pound of dessicated cocoanut, 1/2 a pound or Baker's "Dot" Chocolate.
Heat the sugar, water and glucose to the boiling point, add the cocoanut and stir constantly while cooking to the soft ball degree, or, until a little of the candy dropped on a cold marble may be rolled into a ball. Drop, by small teaspoonfuls, onto a marble or waxed paper, to make small, thick, rather uneven rounds. When cold coat with "Dot" Chocolate melted over hot water and cooled properly. These cakes are very easily coated.
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