Why Everyone Is Patenting Software Inventions

If someone tells you that it is impossible to patent software, they are mistaken.  Microsoft has over 40,000 active patents in the U.S. alone (and thousands more in process).  It added 3,144 new U.S. patents in 2019, up 32% from 2018.   Last year, Salesforce increased its U.S. patents over the prior year by 64%; Facebook by 78%; Oracle by 20%; SAP by 50%; Adobe by 40%, Bank of America by 30%, Alibaba by 96%; Accenture by 36%; and Capital One by a whopping 232%.  Similar trends are occurring with much smaller software and internet companies.

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