Re: [Patents] newsscan: Software patent limits 'go too far'

[Rui Miguel Seabra <rms@1407.org>]

On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 01:41, Jean-Baptiste Soufron wrote:
> They introduced the words "as such" in part 3 of the article which
> refers not only to software but also to business methods, etc. The words
> "as such" used in part 3 simply means that the items described in part 2
> can't be patented when they are alone but that it is still possible to
> patent an invention that would make some use of them. 

Huh... A washing machine that uses wetness and heat in an extremely
innovative way probably should be patented, even if it makes use of
software. However, the software part is not an invention and should
never be patented.

Remember: there's no way in the world that software deals with heat or
wetness, only a machine can do that, regardless of what controls it.

Rui

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