Racing to file a Patent Application for Blockchains

Posted on October 25, 2018May 7, 2019 by Arthur

Race to File a Patent Application Why would an inventor file a patent application covering a blockchain? Recently, many American and Chinese inventors have filed for patent applications covering blockchain technologies. IBM recently was awarded a blockchain patent (US Pat. No. 10,091,228) for detecting network security breaches. Currently, IBM has 89 blockchain patents, while Alibaba Read more about Racing to file a Patent Application for Blockchains[…]

Are Your Computer Programs Patentable?

Posted on August 13, 2014January 20, 2016 by Arthur

Patenting Computer Inventions in view of the recent Supreme Court Ruling Computer code is not mentioned as being patentable under the 35 U.S.C. 101. However, mathematical algorithms have been excluded from patent protection and computer code was historically believed to be unpatentable since it fundamentally relied upon a mathematical process. In the 1960s and 1970s, Read more about Are Your Computer Programs Patentable?[…]