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I wonder how patenting a specific implementation of an already-known thing is allowed. Why is this considered an original invention? Among other things, it vio
by cxseven 11y ago
I wonder how patenting a specific implementation of an already-known thing is allowed. Why is this considered an original invention?
Among other things, it violates the intent of patents "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts".
- tim333 11y agoI think they've patented innovations in their thing like you can put it in either way up and it's got a chip with little lights in the end. They waffle on for pages in http://www.google.com/patents/US7311526 http://www.google.com/patents/US7311526 I'm not sure they should be able to patent fairly simple upgrades like that but I guess that's the US patent system.