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Authored by: PolR on Saturday, June 15 2013 @ 11:59 AM EDT

It's just that we know that the set of software that is patentable is the null set! All we need to do now is get a case to the Supremes where they recognise that fact.

Such a ruling would be helpful, but I think even this isn't needed. It is sufficient to have them require that software must be analyzed according to a test that always gives the same answer: not patentable. The Supremes may not know the test always gives the same answer and say software "may" be patentable, but in practice software is effectively unpatentable.

According to Gene Quinn and some judges on the Federal Circuit, The analysis method which has been used by judge Lourie in CLS Bank or by PTAB judge Tierney in SAP America v. Versata Development work exactly like this.

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