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"Zhang [...] says that he was justified in publishing the results because Xie’s work was merely biochemical identification, whereas he had the idea of using mag
by _0ffh 11y ago
"Zhang [...] says that he was justified in publishing the results because Xie’s work was merely biochemical identification, whereas he had the idea of using magnetic fields and the protein to control cells. Xie says that this idea is obvious, and that he included it in a patent he applied for last year."
You have to love that sentence:
"The idea was obvious - I included it in my patent application!"
- rahimnathwani 11y agoYes, he included it in his patent application. He didn't say that the idea was the novel part of his patent application.
- _0ffh 11y agoI get that, I can read, and I have taken special care to include that word in my shortened version, as you can see. It's still funny, though! Wherefrom the need to even include obvious uses in a patent application? It must obviously make some kind of difference if you do or don't! Think about that.
- dekhn 11y agoHave you ever filed a patent? Gone through the whole process from end to end? Been involved with patent litigation? These things make huge differences. Basically every patent that involves a computer in some way has a big section at the beginning describing a computer and the obvious uses. THis is because case law rules, and somebody once lost a patent case because they left out some obvious thing.
- powerapple 11y agoto be honest, you only want to patent something quickly it is obvious. Otherwise, you will do much better keep it as trade secrets.