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> 2) Patents are really hard to read I second that. In a previous life, I had to read and understand a few dozens of patents. Imagine page after page of buzzwo
by Yoric 8y ago
> 2) Patents are really hard to read
I second that. In a previous life, I had to read and understand a few dozens of patents. Imagine page after page of buzzwords, unjustified claims, approximate logic, vague and meaningless sentences, clearly designed to be write-only.
In my experience, reading cutting-edge research papers in domains with which I'm barely familiar is so much easier.
- logicallee 8y agoThere is a structural reason for this. What's the easiest patent to read? Show an object, name it clearly, describe what it does and how it's new. Easy! But that is a poorly-written patent. As a competitor you can just read it, do the same thing but substitute something equivalent for one part, and you've just stolen the research investment that led to it. A good patent has to describe the broad category (the innovation). And suddenly you go from clearly describing an example to using weird high-level vocabulary.