# HG changeset patch # User Robert McIntyre # Date 1364832815 0 # Node ID 6e9f3c10cebdf36bdaf5646d19da8777e0988482 # Parent fcb569c767b60b7ff1ea0fa5df51383b3bfa7c51 minor change. diff -r fcb569c767b6 -r 6e9f3c10cebd org/patents.org --- a/org/patents.org Mon Apr 01 16:07:01 2013 +0000 +++ b/org/patents.org Mon Apr 01 16:13:35 2013 +0000 @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ government. You are only supposed to be able to get a patent for a "novel" idea, which is an idea that wouldn't be obvious to someone working in the relevant field. A patent can be for the plans to a - physical object ("regular" patents), an algorithm (software patent), + physical object ("regular" patent), an algorithm (software patent), of a way of doing something (process patent). Once you have a patent, it gives you the ability to stop anyone else from using your idea in any other invention. This is supposed to give you a