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Patents were initially devised to let inventors to recoup their R&D expenses by giving them exclusivity on the market. And this - the R&D expense - should reall
by huhtenberg 14y ago
Patents were initially devised to let inventors to recoup their R&D expenses by giving them exclusivity on the market. And this - the R&D expense - should really be a defining factor in whether or not something is patentable.
This way a 5 minute brain fart by a recent graduate won't be patentable, but a clever optimization technique that stems from several man-month of testing on a cluster of Crays will be.
- twentysix 14y agoThat would tax an efficient use of resources. Its the innovative idea in the patent that should matter, not how much money you spent on figuring in out. Some might take less time and resources to figure out the same thing and basing everything on R&D expenses makes it completely unfair to them.