If you ask the developers themselves, they might tell you code was never meant to be patented.

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The new joint radios allow warfighters to use the same piece of hardware for diverse communications by simply porting in more computer code, the same way you might add applications to a laptop computer.

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Well now, next time you have one-too-many wings while tailgating, a fabric developed by researchers at the University of Arkansas might be able to alert medical professionals to your condition before you go code red.

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Policyholders might not know what they are entitled to, since it often feels as if you need a code-breaker to decipher disability insurance contracts.

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