  Writing Software Patent Applications  Written by Gene Quinn
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Innography.  Collecting the information necessary to prepare a
patent application covering a computer related invention can be
quite challenging. Typically, most computer related inventions
today relate at least in some way to software, which is at the
core of the challenge. This software challenge stems from the
fact that the software code is not protected by patent law, but
rather how the software operates is protected. This means that
the description needs to be one that can be replicated by others
regardless of how they choose to write code to accomplish the
necessary tasks.  A patent does not need to be a blueprint, but
it needs to direct. For example, you do not need to provide the
code for the