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Patents with source code

Patents with source code

Posted Sep 1, 2012 22:17 UTC (Sat) by SecretEuroPatentAgentMan (guest, #66656)
In reply to: Patents with source code by giraffedata
Parent article: Mobile patent wars: Google goes on the attack

> Can you patent an idea?

No. The idea must be "reduced to practice" in US terminology. The distinction might seem fine but it is important.

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/2100_...
http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/html/epc/2010...

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