> Every one of those is an abstract component. Making up an abstract system. There are no algorithms, no methods, no inventions. It's a collection of abstract i

> Every one of those is an abstract component. Making up an abstract system. There are no algorithms, no methods, no inventions. It's a collection of abstract ideas. It's unclear why you think that "abstract" ideas shouldn't be patentable or aren't useful knowledge. Suppose you were the first person to conceive of a wheel, which is surely something where disclosure would be of great value to the rest of us. What would be acceptable-to-you claim language for a wheel? Mine would be something along the lines of a description of the distance between the closest point on the axle and some point on the contour of the wheel, which is pretty abstract.