You are absolutely right, in the rest of the world but not in the U.S.! Because ongoing pressure from Micro$oft et al., the U.S. patent office has bowed down and allows patenting of things such as concepts (to a more or less greater degree. But now, the clamour is increasing to stop this and revoke hundreds, if not thousands of patents because these 'patents' are effectively hindering teaching, research, development and further innovation. This is the main reason why research in the U.S. is increasingly costly and is going abroad.
Most U.S. patents don't make it beyond their borders. Why? No other country allows patenting of ideas, methods, procedures, animals, etc.. It also appears that International patents are far more difficult to obtain because of more research done and stricter parameters... And from what several readers have posted so far, this one won't make it out of hanger! This patent will be revoked.
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The sun explodes, diameter increases, so it takes less and less time for us to see the event as it approaches, hummmmmmm.
You are absolutely right, in the rest of the world but not in the U.S.! Because ongoing pressure from Micro$oft et al., the U.S. patent office has bowed down and allows patenting of things such as concepts (to a more or less greater degree. But now, the clamour is increasing to stop this and revoke hundreds, if not thousands of patents because these 'patents' are effectively hindering teaching, research, development and further innovation. This is the main reason why research in the U.S. is increasingly costly and is going abroad.
In essence, you are quite correct, everywhere EXCEPT the U.S. And then again, big companies are looking to prolong copyright so that it's 150 years...
Most U.S. patents don't make it beyond their borders. Why? No other country allows patenting of ideas, methods, procedures, animals, etc.. It also appears that International patents are far more difficult to obtain because of more research done and stricter parameters... And from what several readers have posted so far, this one won't make it out of hanger! This patent will be revoked.