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Would the inventor of the hashtag have been able to patent it and how?I wonder if the inventor of the hashtag could have patent it, because languages and programming languages are not patentable, since they are abstract ideas. Maybe an apparatus that recognizes a ...
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How basic can a patent be? (Hypothetical example: conductor's baton)This is a hypothetical question but of course there may be real-life ramifications. Hypothesis: Imagine that for centuries, right up to the present day, orchestral conductors had used only their hands ...
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Can teaching methods be patented?I plan to develop an open-source software application that speaks words in a foreign language while displaying pictures that represent the words. Can teaching methods (such as Rosetta Stone's language ...
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Prior art for US patent application 20140196008 'IMMUTABLE OBJECT TYPES'http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2014/0196008.html At least some embodiments described herein relate to a language extension that advances safety in system programming. In accordance with the ...
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Can game mechanics be patented?There's a board game that I really like called Mystery Mansion. I want to make a similar digital version of the game for various mobile platforms, but I don't want to get sued by Milton Bradley (Now ...
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What is a "Withdrawn" Patent?Google Patents shows the details of US6034101 "Dosage form and method for administering drug." However, on the USPTO website the same patent is listed as "WITHDRAWN". I'm not familiar with the ...
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What is family-to-family citations and how is it different from patent-to-patent citations?I am working on Patent Ranking project where I need to consider patent citations as one of the metric. I cant find the definition of family-to-family citations. And how is it different from patent-to-...
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WIPO patent filing vs US patent?After doing a bit of research on the different types of patents that are available, and what it would cost to get patents in multiple countries, it is a mystery to me why anyone would bother with ...
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