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Having an implementation is not a requirement for getting a patent.
by gohbgl 8y ago
Having an implementation is not a requirement for getting a patent.
- s73v3r_ 8y agoMaybe not, but coming into a thread complaining that you "thought of the idea first" when talking about something fairly new, it's a reasonable question to ask. I "thought of" eBay before they started up, too.
- tabtab 8y agoSince the 5th grade, I and others have turned fellow students and teachers into cartoon characters on paper. Automating it shouldn't make the very act of cartoon-ifying a person itself patent-able. Slapping "via computer" or "via the web" on a process should NOT be a means for legitimate patents on acts, but this does keep happening in various forms. Patent a SPECIFIC algorithm, okay, but not the mere act of achieving something.
- cryptonector 8y agoThe question is still interesting.