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===Economic benefit=== *Software patents resulting from the production of patentable ideas can increase the valuation of small companies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WIPO: Intellectual Property for Business |url=https://www.wipo.int/en/web/business |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=business |language=en-US}}</ref> *Software patents increase the return on investment made, which includes government funded research.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Coriat|first=Benjamin|title=Establishing a New Intellectual Property Rights Regime in the United States: Origins, Content and Problems|journal=Research Policy|year=2002|volume=31|issue=8β9|pages=1491β1507|doi=10.1016/s0048-7333(02)00078-1}}</ref>
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