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Let's define "process" and "algorithm" | 709 comments | Create New Account

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Let's define "process" and "algorithm"

Authored by: Wol on Wednesday, May 15 2013 @ 03:15 PM EDT

Thinking further.

A process (in that respect) could be a blacksmith making a sword. So it gets
really messy because - like with Viking or Saracen steel - like the Bessemer
Process - this should be patentable.

So a process (by my definition) is patentable IFF it physically converts raw
material to finished product.

(And that's okay, because again IFF the product is new, the patent is achieving
its intended aim of allowing the inventor to exploit a new market he created. If
it's not new, the patent should fail on prior art.)

Cheers,
Wol

Cheers,
Wol

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Let's define "process" and "algorithm" - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 15 2013 @ 04:21 PM EDT
- No specific physical activity. - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 17 2013 @ 03:52 PM EDT
  - Note that "adjusting the focus of the camera" - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 17 2013 @ 03:53 PM EDT

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