As computer technology has come to play a significant role in an increasingly global economy, companies in the United States and around the world have shown strong interest in protecting their own developments in computer technology. They have also...

This article relates to the patentability of software and computer programs, or in other words software patents, under United States patent law. In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) did not grant a patent...