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I say &ldquo;software patents&rdquo; but what do I really mean? The U.S. patent office doesn't officially divide patents into software patents and other patents. So, in fact, any patent might conceivably get you sued for writing software if it could apply to some software. Software patents are patents that might potentially apply to software, patents that might potentially get you sued for writing software.