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I thought software is obvious

Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, October 19 2012 @ 09:10 PM EDT

It's not polite to post the same comment to every thread.

Nobody here said that software in general was obvious. Some
think that software in general is unpatentable on grounds of
being a mathematical abstraction, which is not the same
thing.

This particular patent, at least claim one, is very obvious.
And yes, there is tons of prior art - see practically every
other comment to this article.

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I thought software is obvious

Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, October 20 2012 @ 09:37 AM EDT

If software is obvious, why should one need to provide reams of source code or working examples to file a patent application.

If it is obvious you don't need to provide reams of source code or working examples as it would be unpatentable in the first place.

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