Editing List of software patents (section)

==Data encryption==
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| '''{{Cite patent|country=US|number=4405829}}''' <small> (''Main article: [[RSA (algorithm)|RSA]] '') </small>
| A software patent describing the ground-breaking [[RSA (algorithm)|RSA]] algorithm for [[public-key cryptography]], still used for secure communications today.<ref>[http://www.msri.org/people/members/sara/articles/rsa.pdf SIAM News, Volume 36, Number 5, June 2003], "Still Guarding Secrets after Years of Attacks, RSA Earns Accolades for its Founders", by Sara Robinson</ref>
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| <small>1977-12-14<br /> {{En dash}}</small> <small>1983-09-20</small>
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