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computer program innovations, this article revisits the 1972 Supreme Court decision in Gottschalk v. Benson. 1 It argues that although the Benson Court did not clearly articulate the rationale for its decision, there is a basis in patent law for denying patents to computer program algorithms and to a number of other computer program-related innovations.