This isn't the first software patent it's "The First Pure Software Patent."<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patents_under_United_States_patent_law" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patents_under_United_S...</a>
Strange, how the "rooting for the underdog" effect makes fighting for software patents a noble act of a single person versus the big ugly faceless judicial bodies.