Software patent

Software patent - time-limited state-granted monopoly on software in return for public disclosure. Article "Software patent" in English Wikipedia has 73.9 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 101 references and 34 sections.

This article has the best quality in German Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In July 2024 the article "Software patent" was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 3 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Software patent", its content was written by 330 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1185 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 415 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1566 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #330 in June 2004
• Global: #74 in September 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #54603 in May 2010
• Global: #59352 in May 2010

There are 24 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from August 1, 2024 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	German (de) Softwarepatent		78.7143
2	English (en) Software patent		73.8761
3	Italian (it) Brevetto software		46.7686
4	Greek (el) Δίπλωμα ευρεσιτεχνίας σε λογισμικό		37.1893
5	Russian (ru) Патенты и программное обеспечение		32.9056
6	Swedish (sv) Programvarupatent		31.3146
7	French (fr) Brevet logiciel		28.4064
8	Bulgarian (bg) Софтуерен патент		23.5326
9	Spanish (es) Patente de software		21.6287
10	Korean (ko) 소프트웨어 특허		21.5726

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Software patent" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Software patent		1 401 799
2	German (de) Softwarepatent		291 525
3	Japanese (ja) ソフトウェア特許		191 737
4	French (fr) Brevet logiciel		173 130
5	Spanish (es) Patente de software		166 189
6	Russian (ru) Патенты и программное обеспечение		124 343
7	Polish (pl) Patenty na oprogramowanie		78 625
8	Italian (it) Brevetto software		77 001
9	Dutch (nl) Octrooi op software		57 050
10	Greek (el) Δίπλωμα ευρεσιτεχνίας σε λογισμικό		29 500

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Software patent" in July 2024

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Software patent		2 356
2	German (de) Softwarepatent		428
3	Russian (ru) Патенты и программное обеспечение		298
4	Spanish (es) Patente de software		248
5	French (fr) Brevet logiciel		148
6	Japanese (ja) ソフトウェア特許		138
7	Italian (it) Brevetto software		104
8	Polish (pl) Patenty na oprogramowanie		63
9	Chinese (zh) 软件专利		57
10	Arabic (ar) براءة اختراع البرمجيات		50

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Software patent" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Software patent		330
2	German (de) Softwarepatent		258
3	French (fr) Brevet logiciel		190
4	Dutch (nl) Octrooi op software		71
5	Italian (it) Brevetto software		66
6	Polish (pl) Patenty na oprogramowanie		38
7	Swedish (sv) Programvarupatent		37
8	Spanish (es) Patente de software		32
9	Danish (da) Softwarepatent		30
10	Russian (ru) Патенты и программное обеспечение		27

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Software patent" with the highest AI in July 2024

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Italian (it) Brevetto software		2
2	English (en) Software patent		1
3	Arabic (ar) براءة اختراع البرمجيات		0
4	Azerbaijani (az) Proqram təminatı patenti		0
5	Bulgarian (bg) Софтуерен патент		0
6	Catalan (ca) Patent de programari		0
7	Czech (cs) Softwarový patent		0
8	Danish (da) Softwarepatent		0
9	German (de) Softwarepatent		0
10	Greek (el) Δίπλωμα ευρεσιτεχνίας σε λογισμικό		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Software patent" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Software patent		415
2	Ukrainian (uk) Патент на програмне забезпечення		148
3	Russian (ru) Патенты и программное обеспечение		145
4	French (fr) Brevet logiciel		136
5	Japanese (ja) ソフトウェア特許		135
6	German (de) Softwarepatent		131
7	Korean (ko) 소프트웨어 특허		77
8	Chinese (zh) 软件专利		66
9	Spanish (es) Patente de software		40
10	Greek (el) Δίπλωμα ευρεσιτεχνίας σε λογισμικό		39

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic براءة اختراع البرمجيات
az	Azerbaijani Proqram təminatı patenti
bg	Bulgarian Софтуерен патент
ca	Catalan Patent de programari
cs	Czech Softwarový patent
da	Danish Softwarepatent
de	German Softwarepatent
el	Greek Δίπλωμα ευρεσιτεχνίας σε λογισμικό
en	English Software patent
es	Spanish Patente de software
fr	French Brevet logiciel
hi	Hindi सॉफ्टवेयर एकस्व
id	Indonesian Paten perangkat lunak
it	Italian Brevetto software
ja	Japanese ソフトウェア特許
ko	Korean 소프트웨어 특허
nl	Dutch Octrooi op software
pl	Polish Patenty na oprogramowanie
ru	Russian Патенты и программное обеспечение
sk	Slovak Softvérový patent
sv	Swedish Programvarupatent
th	Thai สิทธิบัตรซอฟต์แวร์
uk	Ukrainian Патент на програмне забезпечення
zh	Chinese 软件专利

Best Rank

English: #54603 05.2010

Global: #59352 05.2010

Best Rank

English: #330 06.2004

Global: #74 09.2003

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