Is there technology you can implement to help you and your employees better meet organizational goals? If you use multiple software platforms for key business and value chain processes, do those systems integrate with each other?
Should they? By tying your software strategy to your organizational goals, you can better understand the value — or lack of value — a system brings to your team. Think of your software as being a team member. Invest in your software like you invest in your team. Ask yourself:. The most successful software strategies put the same rigor around investing in software as around purchasing a piece of physical equipment or another large asset.
Software is an important part of keeping businesses running, so be sure to treat it that way. This was highly discouraging to many software engineers, to the point where many stopped filing patent applications altogether if they merely had a software solution. Luckily, the USPTO issued a new guidance memo [3] in January that provided clear pathways to obtaining patents on software ideas. This could include transmitting less data over a network, requiring fewer user inputs within a graphical user interface, or filtering objects from a database prior to performing complex operations on those objects.
So long as the invention provides a clear operational improvement on some aspect of the computing environment, software can be patent eligible. If the claim can be tied to a non-generic computing device, then a route to patent eligible subject matter is clear. Become a Partner Already a Partner? Sign In. Explore Opportunities. We thrive to make a difference while doing work we are passionate about. Create the future you want and join us today. View Jobs. Immersive, smart, real-time insights for everyone.
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