Mercurial > thoughts
changeset 20:6e9f3c10cebd
minor change.
author | Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu> |
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date | Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:13:35 +0000 |
parents | fcb569c767b6 |
children | 8df13ee40f30 |
files | org/patents.org |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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1.1 --- a/org/patents.org Mon Apr 01 16:07:01 2013 +0000 1.2 +++ b/org/patents.org Mon Apr 01 16:13:35 2013 +0000 1.3 @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ 1.4 government. You are only supposed to be able to get a patent for a 1.5 "novel" idea, which is an idea that wouldn't be obvious to someone 1.6 working in the relevant field. A patent can be for the plans to a 1.7 - physical object ("regular" patents), an algorithm (software patent), 1.8 + physical object ("regular" patent), an algorithm (software patent), 1.9 of a way of doing something (process patent). Once you have a 1.10 patent, it gives you the ability to stop anyone else from using your 1.11 idea in any other invention. This is supposed to give you a