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Authored by: myNym on Tuesday, January 01 2013 @ 01:45 PM EST |
It's not the "ability to simulate it in your mind" that is
demonstrative that an algorithm cannot be patented.
It's the ability to _do_ the algorithm in your mind that is
demonstrative that the algorithm is not patentable.
If a machine is new and innovative enough to be patent-
worthy, then the machine may be worthy of the temporary
monopoly, regardless of whether it has software in it.
If the machine uses standard SAE nuts and bolts in it, those
components are not protected by the new patent, being pre-
existing art.
If the machine uses software, then the software is not
patentable, as it is abstract.
(I am not a lawyer, this is not legal advice, etc.)
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- And the point? - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, January 01 2013 @ 01:49 PM EST
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