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This is because you (and most people here) fundamentally misunderstand how patents work and what these patents actually cover. Essentially, there are an infinit
by throwawaykf05 11y ago
This is because you (and most people here) fundamentally misunderstand how patents work and what these patents actually cover. Essentially, there are an infinite number of applications, variations and implementations of any given technology, and each of these may potentially be patent-eligible. The patent office's job is to only grant those that are sufficiently distinguishable over some combination of prior art.