Keep in mind that patentability of software is not something that was ever explicitly laid down in law by Congress. Rather, it came from a combination of the Pa

Keep in mind that patentability of software is not something that was ever explicitly laid down in law by Congress. Rather, it came from a combination of the Patent Office deciding to issue them and courts issuing opinions on whether existing law allowed it. Absent changes to the law from Congress, the Patent Office and the courts can just as easily change their minds about how to interpret the law.