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I believe patents apply to discoveries in the same way as inventions.

• podperson 14y ago
  "You can patent pretty much anything under the sun that is made by man except laws of nature, physical phenomena, and abstract ideas. These categories are excluded subject matter from the scope of patents." You believe incorrectly. http://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/what-cant-be-patented.html http://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/what-cant-be-p...
  • jmcqk6 14y ago
    Tell that to the companies that have patented genetic sequences.
• lutusp 14y ago
  No. One can discover mathematics, but mathematics cannot be patented. One can discover an ancient civilization ... and so forth. There are many more examples, and they're not patentable.
  • DanBC 14y ago
    One could discover a gene sequence that ... oh, wait.
  • cromwellian 14y ago
    RSA encryption is pure number theory math and it was patented.