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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, December 31 2012 @ 08:23 AM EST
Should have done a better job proofreading before submitting that last
comment..

I know in my example the computer isn't making physical changes, but it does
trigger them. Also, monitors are supposed to just display whatever signal is
sent to them - the computer's job is to manipulate images. I still don't think
a novel way of programming visual effects to be displayed on a monitor qualify
as a physical change.

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Actually, you hit the nail right on the head here:
Authored by: myNym on Monday, December 31 2012 @ 11:40 AM EST
This is what monitors are for - displaying and manipulating images. Should they be patentable? Yes, in their own right (array of lightbulbs, CRT, LCD, etc), but not as part of a computer aided patent that just lights the pixels at the right time, etc.
A new ground-breaking design of a general computing device may be patentable, just as you say a display might be patentable in their own right.

But, they may _not_ be patented "as part of a computer aided patent that just lights the pixels at the right time".

Because that's all computers do. They light pixels at the right time. Invisible ones to you, but all the diodes and transistors inside of the computer are no different than the display's LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) and the transistor circuits that drive them.

QED.

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