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I was interested in why it was rejected, the answer was funnier than expected: The invention is not supported by a credible utility or well established utility
by itcrowd 7y ago
I was interested in why it was rejected, the answer was funnier than expected:
The invention is not supported by a credible utility or well established utility because the claims call for the generation of gravitational waves and the interacting of the waves with hyperspace and the effects which are asserted to come from such interactions. The existence of hyperspace is not well proven or shown to exist in accordance with credible science and physics. The use of hyperspace and gravitation waves in the claims therefore must be backed up with significant scientific experimental data to firstly prove that hyperspace interacting with gravitation waves produces some effect and secondly that the applicant has the ability to harness such interaction for a useful purpose and can demonstrate such on demand.
Also the existence of wormholes and the generating of wormholes is in question currently in the scientific community and as such these claims must be backed with proof through scientific data and description
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The examiner maintains that the present invention does not conform to known scientific principles [...]
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edit to add the source: https://globaldossier.uspto.gov/#/details/US/10953212/A/87539 https://globaldossier.uspto.gov/#/details/US/10953212/A/8753... (click on "non-final rejection")
- jobigoud 7y ago>> the present invention does not conform to known scientific principles Nutjob aside, does that mean you can't patent an invention if you don't fully understand why it works? I wouldn't be surprised if there were patents granted for things physically impossible. And on the other hand I would bet there were inventions in the course of history that defied the then-current known science.
- idrae 7y agoYou can patent things even if you don't know exactly why it works. However a patent has to enable others to create the thing that is patentend. That is to say, somebody who is up to date in the field should be able to create the invention using the knowledge from the field plus the details in the patent. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufficiency_of_disclosure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufficiency_of_disclosure