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One issue is that you don't have to have a prototype to get a patent. Except perpetual motion machines, too many people tried.
by throwaway48476 3y ago
One issue is that you don't have to have a prototype to get a patent. Except perpetual motion machines, too many people tried.
- gruez 3y agoFor the example given though, it doesn't seem too hard to prototype a "order pizza using phone" app. It might add a 10k expense or whatever to the patent, but that's small relative to how much money you can extract from all pizza chains in the US.
- throwaway48476 3y agoMy assumption is if you had ro have a prototype it would be more likely to discover prior art.