And your software radio... if you're

then your patent should be on the computer AND software AND the addition of the hardware being controlled by the software.

If there's a hardware element in your invention that is new and non-obvious. If all you've done is take an unmodified piece of kit and added software then your doing what the kit is supposed to do. ie accept data input, process it then output data to some peripheral.

The UKIPO software patent policy may say one thing about what is patentable but case law, and again IANAL, says another. UKIPO policy also says that it will follow case law. When case law like Halliburton gets things wrong that means the UKIPO is bound by it.

Again, if you think I'm wrong, then explain why. You've pointed at Halliburton v Smith and then at the UKIPO software patent policy but you've not explained anything. You're just handwaving.

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