What types of IT-related items should be subject to patents?

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What types of IT-related items should be subject to patents?

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A person who invents a new process, or manufacture a new thing or any new composition of matter, or any improvement is known as patent. It means we need to satisfy the following for qualifying as a patent:

The subject matter should be a patentable one.
The invention should be a novel one.
The invention should have a utility.
The invention should not be an obvious one.

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