How broken is the USPTO: How is this a patent

Re:How broken is the USPTO: How is this a patent by bluejekyll on Sunday August 12, 2018 @06:21PM (#17746768)

Software patents should fall under the mathematics clause of unpatentable. Software is better protected with copyright and already is.

For hardware, I think I agree, but I doubt patents could be used to actually build something.

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Re:How broken is the USPTO: How is this a patent by jjeaff on Sunday August 12, 2018 @07:01PM (#17746963)

I think software patents can be useful, but it should be very, very "non-obvious".

The bar should be very high to get a patent and it should only cover the most novel and unique algorithms out there.

Idiotic stuff like a "one click purchase" button or "do it on a computer" should be thrown in the trash immediately.

Pretty much all of our patent problems could be solved in all industries by simply raising the bar for what is considered non-obvious to those familiar with the craft and substantially different to what is already out there.

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