YOU BE THE JUDGE WRITING PROBLEM Three inventors developed a software program that generated a particularly clear screen display on a computer. The PTO refused to issue a patent for this software. Do the inventors have a right to a patent? Argument for the PTO:

This software is merely a series of mathematical formulas that cannot be patented. Argument for the inventors: The program is not merely a mathematical concept or an abstract idea, but rather a specific machine to produce a useful, concrete, and tangible result.