In the context of software, enablement is all but trivial because, as a matter of law, a person with ordinary skill in the art of software is a capable computer programmer. Thus, quixotically, the “inventor” of a software-based invention never has to code anything to get a patent. In fact, he doesn’t even have to know how to code himself. He can simply describe in broad terms what he might have coded and leave it up to the public—namely unwary independent inventors—to do the actual work.

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• And that would be part of the problem - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, July 19 2012 @ 08:53 PM EDT
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