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Authored by: Wol on Sunday, June 10 2012 @ 08:21 PM EDT |
So you patent "a device to interpret finger guestures". The point is,
as in Diehr, you are patenting the DEVICE, the HARDWARE.
The software, as maths, is unprotectable.
If you are patenting the software that runs on a general-purpose device, then
you are patenting the maths.
Cheers,
Wol[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: jesse on Monday, June 11 2012 @ 07:18 AM EDT |
Your "finger touching the screen is
not math" is a correct statement - that is hardware.
And someone else has already patented that hardware (other than your finger).
I can replace that hardware with a camera - perform the same mathematics, and
derive the same result without your "touching the screen".
There are virtual keyboards that do just that. Also patented, but the
mathematics is not patented.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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