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And you think it shouldn't have been patentable if it instead used a microcontroller to control the wipers even though the system is doing the same thing?
by thfuran 4y ago
And you think it shouldn't have been patentable if it instead used a microcontroller to control the wipers even though the system is doing the same thing?
- AlbertCory 4y ago"patentable" ? maybe, and you'd have to disclose the source code.
- AlbertCory 4y agoI should have noted that "patentable" as you're raising it is a 101 issue. It IS important, but not part of this article: ============== There are four main sections of the U.S. statute governing patentability, and you only ever read about the first and third: 101: Patentable subject matter (what you can patent) 102: Anticipation (someone else invented or described it) 103: Obviousness (two or more references, taken together, describe it) 112: Specification (here’s the statute) Most of what you read is about 101: is software a “thing” or is it a “mathematical formula” and thus not patentable?