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I'm not sure what you're suggesting - that we only award patents in cases where clear evidence of hard work can be provided?

• benj111 8y ago
  That isn't what I was suggesting no. But... It is a fun thought experiment though. All those 'on a computer' patents become harder to justify. Whereas billions of dollars and man decades of effort to marginally improve a process becomes patentable. I guess it would tend to reward actual 'research' and investment rather than dashing of a patent on some half formed idea.