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From: PILCH Hartmut phm@a2e.de
Subject: [Patents] instantiation on a PC?
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 18:18:10 +0200 (CEST)

JPS wrote:

> The key idea is that
> - a program as such (not running in any computer device) can only be
> considered as one possible description of a patented process, not the
> process it self
> - a program running in a computer device can be considered as an
> instanciation of the patented process, therefore falling under the patent

in which case a patented process is hopefully an industrial production
process, not just "anything useful" done on a home or office computer.

-phm

[Patents] instantiation on a PC?, PILCH Hartmut phm

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