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Article #132[DISC] software patents
From: Robert Blandford
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:50
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:50
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What is the current comparative status of software patents in the US as compared to the rest of the world? As a hypothetical example, suppose someone came up with something as innovative as the spreadsheet concept today. Would it be patentable in the US? And how about the rest of the world?
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Newsgroups: comp.patents Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!basser.cs.su.oz.au!news From: rrb@seismo.CSS.GOV (Robert Blandford) Subject: [DISC] software patents Organization: Basser Dept of Computer Science, University of Sydney, Australia Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:50:43 GMT Approved: patents@cs.su.oz.au Message-ID: <1993Jan26.084932.15672@cs.su.oz.au> Lines: 6 Keywords: software patents US world Sender: usenet@seismo.CSS.GOV Nntp-Posting-Host: corona.css.gov