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Software Patents, Pseudo Code and UML

Software Patents, Pseudo Code and UML. On how including UML in a patent application can be done right to increase efficiency and patent quality. Education. Agriculture. Medicine. Industry. Pseu.do- n’t. Pseudo code is a developers tool Teams tend to develop their own flavors

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Software Patents, Pseudo Code and UML

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  1. Software Patents, Pseudo Code and UML On how including UML in a patent application can be done right to increase efficiency and patent quality.

  2. Education Agriculture Medicine Industry

  3. Pseu.do-n’t • Pseudo code is a developers tool • Teams tend to develop their own flavors • Lack of standardization makes training harder

  4. Create vs Consume Ratio • It is relatively easy to see what a UML diagram is doing. • It’s harder to learn how to make one properly. • Moves a burden of work from the examiners onto the patent applicants.

  5. Normal Patent Application (eg. Diamond Deihr) Abstract Drawings Detailed Description Claims

  6. Initial Node Timer Node Action Node 1 Second Decision Node Note Send Signal Action Edge Node Merge Node

  7. Edge Node Patent number labels to match with the “Detailed Description of Drawings” portion of a patent application. Final Node

  8. Free UML Learning • www.tutorialspoint.com/uml/index.htm • www.sparxsystems.com/uml-tutorial.html • http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/31863 To name a few. • http://www.omg.org/spec/UML/2.4.1/ – For the, detailed, spec sheets.

  9. Free UML diagram creators • UMLet @ www.umlet.com – (My favorite) • StarUML @ staruml.sourceforge.net • Less feature-full open source and free creators are available. • Commercial alternatives are plentiful

  10. Special Thanks • http://www.omg.org (for UML) • All the free UML diagram creators and teachers. • instacod.es (those hip pseudo-code pictures) • flickr.com/photos/jamesclay/3509154015 For the classroom photo • US Gov sites that had the other images under public domain

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