The difference is that an algorithms patent *is* a patent on a mathematics; a pa...

		betterunix on March 28, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Judge Says Mathematical Algorithms Can’t Be Patent... The difference is that an algorithms patent is a patent on a mathematics; a patent on a drug is not a patent on a law of nature. That is why software patents try to make clever end-runs around the restrictions on patents by saying things like, "...on a computer."