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Originally Posted by shousa
Can someone state in a patent, "I patent an ebook with wireless" so then all others cannot make it?
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No, obvious things can not be patented. Neither can the combination of two existing things.
Then again, mathematical algorithms can't be patent either but software algorithms get patented all the time.
Also, you can't really patent and idea, only the implementation of that idea.
Then again, was is obvious to Steven Hawking is not necessarily obvious to a patent office clerk.
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