What are the conditions for applying for a software patent?

Software patent application conditions, the software industry has a bright future. The higher the value of software, the easier it is to be imitated. If it is not protected in time, it will lose priority. So what are the conditions for software patent application? Conditions for applying for software patents: The conditions for applying for software patents involve the process of automation technology. If the invention patent application is to input a computer program into a well-known computer to form a computer-controlled device or computer-controlled production method, in this case, the computer program and computer hardware are regarded as a whole, then the well-known computer and the computer program together form a production device or production method for industrial process control. Conditions for applying for a software patent: It is related to the improvement of the internal running performance of the computer. If the subject of an application for a patent for invention relates to a method for improving the internal operation performance of a well-known computer system by using a computer program, because the application for a patent for invention aims at solving technical problems and achieves technical effects by improving the internal operation performance of the well-known computer system, it belongs to the object that can be granted patent protection. Conditions for applying for software patents: and the process of measuring or testing computer programs. If the subject of an application for a patent for invention is to control and/or perform a certain measurement or test process by using a computer program, the application for a patent for invention belongs to the object that can be granted patent protection, because it aims at solving technical problems and can obtain technical effects. Conditions for applying for a software patent: Software for processing external data If the theme of an application for a patent for invention is to use a computer program running on a well-known computer to process external data to solve a specific technical problem, then the application for a patent for invention belongs to the object that can be granted patent protection because it deals with technical problems and uses technical means.