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Cost Determines Patentability?

Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, April 15 2013 @ 09:54 PM EDT

Cost is direct proportional to obvious in that if the cost of development is
cheap then numerous people have the financial ability to work with the concept
but if development cost is high then only a select few do.

Or to restate this if cost of development is cheap then the only limitation on
obvious is imagination not actual development but if cost of development is high
imagination is limited by development cost so theoretical obviousness is
irrelevant if practical development is not obvious too.

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

Cost Determines Patentability? - Authored by: lnuss on Tuesday, April 16 2013 @ 07:49 AM EDT
Cost Determines Patentability? - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, April 16 2013 @ 01:26 PM EDT

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