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Authored by: Wol on Monday, May 13 2013 @ 10:38 AM EDT |
Well, apart from the requirement that a patentable invention must work and be
useful ...
If my aerofoil needs to have an airspeed of 30mph to generate enough lift, and
my engine only has sufficient power to fly at 20mph, my flying machine is
unpatentable because it can't get into the air!!!
So any decent patent MUST discuss speed. Likewise a real-time micro-controller
in a chemical plant - if it can't control the flow fast enough, the plant is
unpatentable because it will explode.
And given that "fast enough" is a requirement for the invention to
work, to that extent the patent will have patented speed. Especially as, as
things get faster, whole new classes of invention open up.
Cheers,
Wol[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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- 35 USC 101 - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, May 13 2013 @ 02:03 PM EDT
- 35 USC 101 - Authored by: Wol on Tuesday, May 14 2013 @ 01:07 PM EDT
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