Inventing Software The Rise of "Computer-Related" Patents By Kenneth Nichols Quorum Books. Westport, Conn. 1998. 184 pages LC 97-22355. ISBN 1-56720-140-7. Q140 $55.00 This is the M.S. in Computer Science Thesis of Ken Nichols, which received the 1996 Best CSUSB Thesis Award. According to Dean Julius Kaplan, this is the first time that a CSUSB Thesis is published as a book. http://www.uspto.gov http://www.kuesterlaw.com/mpep/ http://www.patent.com/ http://www.patents.com