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| Authored by: jjs on Friday, June 07 2013 @ 07:37 AM EDT |
By building the device, or a working example. It was
required of Abraham Lincoln when he got his patent (I think
the only US President to have a patent).
And yes, you should be able to build and demonstrate a
detonator - at a range, under controlled circumstances.
Patent office should require each inventor to sign, under
penalty of perjury, that they can, on demand, produce a
working example. This does not mean the inventor has to
have one at all times, he could build it when requested by
the USPTO. Failure to produce the working model on demand
results in cancellation of the patent.
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(Note IANAL, I don't play one on TV, etc, consult a practicing attorney, etc,
etc)
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| Authored by: Wol on Saturday, June 08 2013 @ 11:18 AM EDT |
How do you know your blueprints are workable?
Unless you BUILD them (ie build a prototype) you have no proof you have a
workable blueprint!
So yes, inasmuch as "workable blueprints" implies a proof of concept,
ie a prototype, I'd accept that. After all, you can't give a patent examiner
your sodding great chemical factory that you built as a "proof of
concept".
Cheers,
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