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  • From: Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Exploding the myth of patents and copyright
  • Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 00:45:22 -0800 (PST)

--- On Wed, 3/7/12, dwoodard@becon.org <dwoodard@becon.org> wrote:
> ...lawyers have been allowed to make it as difficult
> as possible to understand how an invention works

According to the clarity requirement, an invention needs to be described
clearly and without ambiguity so that a person skilled in the art can carry
it out.

> ... i.e. disclosure in the public interest
> is no longer a function of the system

You can only get a patent for what is disclosed, not for what is not
disclosed.

Dieter





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