The link to the court rules [1] is a good start, but is not actionable unless the reader is a lawyer. You sound like a lawyer, so that may be fine for you, but most of the HN audience is comprised of non-lawyers.

If you are indeed a lawyer, would you (or any other lawyer here) be willing to draft a template that software engineers can customize (the interest section), sign, and mail to the court?

Bilski v Kappos is a case that dealt with similar subject matter. The FSF[2], SFLC[3], Red Hat[4], and Google [5] filed amicus curiae briefs lamenting software patents. Surely there is something reusable here, especially from Red Hat pages 12-19.

[1] (see pages 56-57) http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/images/stories/rules-of-practic...

[2] http://endsoftpatents.org/amicus-bilski-2009

[3] http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2009/bilski-amicus-...

[4] http://www.groklaw.net/images/BilskiRedHatSCbrief.pdf

[5] http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publishing/previe...