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SOURCE CODE VERSUS OBJECT CODE: PATENT IMPLICATIONS FOR THE OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITY Daniel Lin, Matthew Sag, and Ronald S. Laurie I. INTRODUCTION Since the Federal Circuit's 1995 decision in In re Beauregard and the United States Patent and Trademark Office's ("PTO") subsequent issuance of its Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions ("PTO Guidelines") in 1996, computer programs embodied in a computer-readable medium are now considered patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101 by the PTO Morepatentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101 by the PTO.1. Specifically .... The compiler produces an intermediary form called object code. Object code is ... Less
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