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All US patents have the same standard. Among other things, they must enable one of ordinary skill in the art to practice the claimed invention without undue exp
by pnw_hazor 9y ago
All US patents have the same standard. Among other things, they must enable one of ordinary skill in the art to practice the claimed invention without undue experimentation.
For SW patents, if your invention uses machine learning but is not inventing a new kind of machine learning, there is no need to describe how the ML package works. It is a black box.
Similarly, a gadget patent does not need to describe the metallurgy necessary to make aluminum sheet metal or how to make plastic.
The same standard applies to biotech patents. Though, some biotech patents require proof or disclosure of experimental results (e.g., gene sequence listings, etc.) this is because some bio inventions would be very difficult to reproduce without the extra information.
Trade secrets are not protected from independent discovery. Reverse engineering is generally fine, though it may violate your license or the DCMA depending on the details.