Article Why Patents Are Critical to Today's Programmers By Irving Rappaport Pagination Previous page 324 Posted August 31, 1997 | Leadership | Leadership | WHY PATENTS ARE CRITICAL TO TODAY'S PROGRAMMERS by Irving S. About The Author Irving Rappaport Don’t have a login? Make one! It’s free and gives you access to all Cutter research. Register Now Member/Guest login Log in Forgot your password?