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My co-founder and I want to know how to properly protect our proprietary software source code as intellectual property before we pitch to any more outside investors.

ChatGPTgpt-63 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
My co-founder and I want to know how to properly protect our proprietary software source code as intellectual property before we pitch to any more outside investors.
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
United States software copyright registration trade secret protection source code patent disclosure NDA investor pitch USPTO copyright officeGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
USPTO software patents public disclosure one year grace period trade secrets reasonable measures source code confidentialityGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
U.S. Copyright Office computer programs registration source code deposit trade secrets redactionGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDConsequence

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (3)
Short factOther / navigationalComparisonConsequence33%Reason67%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
United States software copyright registration trade secret protection source code patent disclosure NDA investor pitch USPTO copyright office Google ↗
USPTO software patents public disclosure one year grace period trade secrets reasonable measures source code confidentiality Google ↗
U.S. Copyright Office computer programs registration source code deposit trade secrets redaction Google ↗

Queries

3 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
United States software copyright registration trade secret protection source code patent disclosure NDA investor pitch USPTO copyright office
OBSERVED
Google ↗
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—Reason——1x
of 1
USPTO software patents public disclosure one year grace period trade secrets reasonable measures source code confidentiality
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1
U.S. Copyright Office computer programs registration source code deposit trade secrets redaction
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Consequence——1x
of 1