Author here. From the content, >Most countries don’t allow patent for a software[1]. Economic theories, methods of doing business, mathematical methods or com

Author here. From the content, >Most countries don’t allow patent for a software[1]. Economic theories, methods of doing business, mathematical methods or computer programs as such are not patentable inventions in several countries. The hyperlinked content from WIPO details about patentability of softwares/algorithm(Link doesn't seem to be working now, so including archive) In short, in USA - "According to the US Supreme Court , the Congress intended the statutory patentable subject matter to include anything under the sun made by man,” but the laws of nature, natural phenomena and abstract ideas are three specific areas which are not patentable." So, you can apply patent for the application of that algorithm. [1]https://web.archive.org/web/20200213051434/https://www.wipo.int/sme/en/documents/software_patents_fulltext.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200213051434/https://www.wipo....