To: TChris
An invention need not work to be patented, AFAIK. I've got two patents, issued a while ago.
My recollection is that it has to be "reduced to practice", and disclosed in enough detail that a "skilled practitioner of the art" can reproduce it.
That's why the Star Trek "Transporter" is unpatented.
52 posted on
04/13/2010 11:48:54 AM PDT by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: DuncanWaring
That's why the Star Trek "Transporter" is unpatented. Hmmm, maybe I should submit a patent application for mine.
The plaque would look nice on my wall, next to my patents for:
- Molecular nano-constructor
- Atomic pico-constructor
- Room temperature super-conductors
- Anti-gravity emitter
- Zero-point energy collector
- Wormhole generator
- Heisenberg compensator
I've got a few other applications in mind, too....
61 posted on
04/13/2010 4:54:37 PM PDT by
justlurking
(The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
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