[uncommonsense]

"using a different coding method (language and or logic) and its not theft and you ought to be able to call it what you want"

Not quite true. There are code converters, not perfect, but they translate one language to another. Code syntax is usually protected under a copyright (it was a part of our product launch process) and the methods, logic, algorithms were patentable. Translating a unique algorithm from C++ to JAVA, that simplifies large linear math problems, will not fend off a patent infringement suit.

[Wuli]

I won't disagree with you on the specific example of an algorithm. It is nat a mere "idea" it is a formula that ahieves an objective that begins with a mere idea; it produces that which the idea seeks. It, the algorithm, is a "creation". But, having spent my own time in the IT industry I know there can be more than one algorithm that reaches the same result. One may be more combersome and brutal and one more elegant but both reach the same product. Two "inventors" with their own implementation of what an idea called for. So, yes, you ought to be able to patent your algorthm, but if I have taken a different route and reached the same result I have not copied your work and I do not owe you something just because your algorthm reached that result before mine. In the end, those using our algorthms will decide which one is the "more efficient" product to use; not the patent office.