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There's an informal italian patent on this. But not an international one, because "offend against the generally accepted laws of physics and established theorie
by ywang0414 13y ago
There's an informal italian patent on this. But not an international one, because "offend against the generally accepted laws of physics and established theories".
- danmaz74 13y agoThe real difference is in disclosing the "secret sauce": a patent needs to disclose it, that's the whole point of patents. If that's not so, then it isn't really a patent on this (supposed) invention.
- teamonkey 13y agoThe parent was saying that there are clauses in international patent law that prevent applications for devices such as this, mainly because of time wasting and fraud.
- danmaz74 13y ago@teamonkey: if so, ok. I was also forgetting something I had studied (being Italian): in Italy patents aren't awarded after an examination, they basically just certify the date of your claims. The whole examination and discussion of the patent are left to a trial, if there is ever one regarding it. I guess that' what the OP meant by "informal" patent.