From: Ross A. Finlayson (raf@tiki-lounge.com)
Date: Mon Dec 27 1999 - 10:41:30 MST
Well, any concept of a patent, or patented concept, is based on creative thought, of
which there is prior use. So, hypothetically, nothing is patentable, although I
think that would be a hard argument to float through court.
My creative patent idea is the patent bot, an AI to classify patentable material and
then file and maintain patents. Here is its pseudocode:
PatentBot patentbot = new PatentBot(Contemporanity.now());
patentbot.start();
Under the copyright laws of the United States, this is now copyrighted by its
writing and public disclaimer. Isn't litigiousness great? Now where'd I put those
diagrams...
Patents should only last for five years instead of twenty. Anyways, patent
durations might lead to "strategic patent filing", or "overlapping patent filing",
to patent consecutive essential machineries to extend their total duration.
Anyways, a shorter patent duration would be a good thing and is the right way to go
about things in this current age of highest speed information development and
dissemination compared to any other previous time.
Ross F.
J. R. Molloy wrote:
> Sasha Chislenko has asked,
> >How about a special website with a searchable directory of ideas
> >and date registration?
> >
>
> Good idea, Sasha. Perhaps you should patent that.
> Have a look at yet another (questionable?) patent idea:
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