INTERNATIONAL PATENT: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, IBM ISRAEL - SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LTD, IBM (CHINA) COMPANY LIMITED FILES APPLICATION FOR "CODE BLOCK REFACTORING ENABLING CO-EXISTENCE OF SOURCE CODE AND UPDATED CODE"

GENEVA, Oct. 19 -- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (New Orchard RoadArmonk, New York 10504), IBM ISRAEL - SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LTD (IBM ISRAEL - SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LTDHaifa University Campus165 Aba Khoushy Ave., Mount Carmel31905 Haifa), IBM (CHINA) COMPANY LIMITED (1F, Building A1, No.55 LaneChuan He RoadPudong New DistrictShanghai 201203) filed a patent application (PCT/IB2025/052764) for "CODE BLOCK REFACTORING ENABLING CO-EXISTENCE OF SOURCE CODE AND UPDATED CODE" on Mar 17, 2025. With publication no. WO/2025/215439, the details related to the patent application was published on Oct 16, 2025.

Notably, the patent application was submitted under the International Patent Classification (IPC) system, which is managed by the W...