This just hard to take seriously. What is:<p>&gt;  A patent that can be infringed using only computer software and a prior art computer.<p>When is that the case? When is it not? Are medical devices that run software excluded? Are all kinds (read most) imaginable consumer electronics also excluded (they also have some software)?<p>You are arguing for a policy as if in complete obliviousness that such a policy must be applied in the real world (and said companies will have teams of lawyers to find loopholes, not a random HN poster).