>> the disclosure part of the agreement is not satisfied Again, a software patent is not about the software. It is about that technical description of the con

>> the disclosure part of the agreement is not satisfied Again, a software patent is not about the software. It is about that technical description of the concept. That concept is what carries the invention (while the software itself carries a copyright). Written language is indeed full of ambiguity and uncertainty but the language of patent claims is not (some separate comments in this thread talk about this). When deemed necessary, source code is included in a patent application. Flow-charts are also often included. But all of that is out -- the core part of a patent are the claims, written in a well-defined unambiguous language that defines the concept of invention as clearly as possible and it does not need diagrams and source code. Edit: Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.