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Patents are also required not to be discoveries. I claim the orbit existed long before the Boeing company was funded.
by fijal 14y ago
Patents are also required not to be discoveries. I claim the orbit existed long before the Boeing company was funded.
- Retric 14y agoUnlike say genetic patents noting natural can make these maneuvers as they require one or more fuel burns to make the transitions from orbit A to orbit B.
- ajuc 14y agoSo, can I patent route that ship takes through the ocean? Or air corridor?
- Retric 14y agoThere is prior art for most useful and static trade routes. However, you could probably patent a system that uses real time satellite imagery to discover the location and magnitude of ocean currents, predict what they will be for the next week, and then calculate the the ideal routes for a fleet of cargo ships in real time. But, the patent is only going to last 20 years and shipping companies would probably just wait you out. Then again, I expect that patent probably exists and expired a long time ago.
- ajuc 14y agoYeah, but assume I've patented the system for calculating etc, etc the route, and the patent had not expired yet. If somebody else used the same equations I've used, but made the calculation on his abakus, and steered his ship by himself, he wouldn't infringe my patent, I think.