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The average programmer can't solve fizzbuzz. Therefore anything more complicated than fizzbuzz passes the nonobviousness test and is patentable.
by bhousel 14y ago
The average programmer can't solve fizzbuzz.
Therefore anything more complicated than fizzbuzz passes the nonobviousness test and is patentable.
- powertower 14y agoMaybe I'm misunderstanding you, but I wasn't suggesting that the "Is a solution reproducible via logical steps?" rule to be a validating rule... It only invalidates patentability if found to be true. Otherwise, nothing.
- CaveTech 14y agoAverage programmer definitely could. Average applicant, maybe not.
- wtallis 14y agoThe hypothetical "person having ordinary skill in the art" is presumed to have some actual skill, to be more skilled than a layperson, to have have some actual creativity, and to have an educational background similar to that of active workers in the field. People who merely call themselves programmers without having any significant skill do not count toward determining what the level of "ordinary skill" is.