> The USPTO can, and should, exclude software from patent eligibility on other legal grounds: because software consists only of mathematics, which is not patentable, and the combination of such software with a general-purpose computer is obvious.
Software does not consist of only mathematics. One might use mathematics as part of understanding how a particular piece of software works, but that is not really different than the way one might use mathematics to understand how an electronic circuit works.
Software does not consist of only mathematics. One might use mathematics as part of understanding how a particular piece of software works, but that is not really different than the way one might use mathematics to understand how an electronic circuit works.