&gt; This is going in circles. You cannot patent something without disclosing it. So, either Qualcomm has a patent, and it isn&#x27;t secret, or they don&#x27;t have a patent (nor can they ever, after 18 months) and the argument is moot.<p>Yes, but then software patents should require you to release a full reference implementation with full documentation under a free (BSD, MIT) license as soon as the patent runs out.