Re: Software patents...

[Franki <franki@htmlfixit.com>]

Ralph Crongeyer wrote:
> Does anyone on this list know about or where/who to find info about 
> software patents?
> My specific question is this: if I wrote a program my company that was 
> being used on a government project and then I left the company and 
> wanted to completely rewrite the code (it will do the same thing) and 
> patent it myself, is that legal?
>
> Ralph


You can't do that I believe..

The work you did for the government would be classed as prior art.. and 
prior at nixes patents.