Martin Goetz, who received the first US software patent, died on October 10 at 93; Goetz was awarded a patent for data-sorting software for mainframes in 1968
Marty Goetz, a kind & wonderfully gifted pioneer in software products & software patenting, passed earlier this month—first software patent ever issued was Marty's!!! — I had the pleasure/honor of conducting an oral history interview with him. …