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That's not the answer I was looking for....
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, July 10 2012 @ 09:19 PM EDT

Although I don't expect the original poster to answer with the correct answer (if, and I highly suspect it's a he, he chooses to answer at all):

    Math is exempt under Patent Law because the words of Patent Law extend far beyond that which was quoted by the OP! It is encompassed in such documents as the Constitution - where it, along with it's limitations, originates.
So by isolating a small portion of Patent Law with which to base one's arguments on with regards whether particular subject matter should be patentable - is a tad misleading.

Reminds me of the Patent Lawyers who expressed a certain level of disgust at the Supremes' decision, suggesting that the Federal Circuit will overrule the Supremes.

It still boggles my mind that a Lawyer would suggest such a thing given the actual hierarchy of the Courts. Mind you.... it does make a certain amount of sense when one considers:

    If they're having so much difficulty understanding the hierarchy that places the Supremes over the Federal Circuit... that would certainly explain why they have such difficulties with the more complicated technology they're asked to review.
Nah... they passed the bar exam... they can't really be as dumb as to actually believe in the Federal Circuit over-ruling the Supremes. So the more logic answer to them saying that is:
    They tipped their hands. They've been manipulating the Federal Circuit for so long, they plan on continuing to do so confident they will succeed.
I use "manipulating" in this sense to outline the confusing logic they keep trying to pass as their arguments as to why everything - including math - should be patentable. It's like a lot of the arguments BSF provided on behalf of SCOG:
    It's so twisted, and the person sounds so sincere, that there must be something there. But upon much closer inspection where you slice through the deliberate obfuscation and contradictory logic, you find there really is nothing.
I sure wish more in the Federal Circuit would start seeing the claims for what they really are.

RAS

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Because it's obvious?
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, July 11 2012 @ 07:01 AM EDT
Any mathematical proof is trivial
I'm so glad, that explains why the proof to Fermat's Last Theorem didn't take years to find!?

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