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Authored by: mpellatt on Wednesday, July 11 2012 @ 03:49 AM EDT |
But.... ploughing is not a patentable task. The device that is used to do
the ploughing might be patentable, but the task itself - no way.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, July 11 2012 @ 10:23 AM EDT |
A method that allows a computer to recognizes speech and type what is spoken
didn't become obvious the instant a computer was invented.
Even if someone conceived of Gary Seven's office equipment in the 1960's, no one
knew how to accomplish it and related techniques are being improved and refined
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Authored by: jjs on Wednesday, July 11 2012 @ 06:42 PM EDT |
1. As pointed out, plowing with a tractor is not patentable,
the tractor is. A computer is patentable (although not novel
at all at this timeframe).
2. The Supreme Court has already ruled that combining two
obvious items does NOT make an new non-obvious item (I
believe it had to do with car brakes). Combining old-school
(roman times) trading with a computer (two non-patentable
items) does not miraculously create a patentable item.
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(Note IANAL, I don't play one on TV, etc, consult a practicing attorney, etc,
etc)
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