[cushychicken]

>In the rare cases where the description is vital, like perhaps crypto or coding patents,

This is a bit of a nitpicky thing, but patenting crypto isn't really a great way of protecting your secrets - hiding away the algorithm is basically security by obscurity. Crypto has historically been one of those things that's made stronger by more scrutiny.

[pbhjpbhj]

But patenting it requires that you disclose the method; it is an opposite position to keeping it secret.