On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 7:50 PM, David Hobby<hob...@newpaltz.edu> wrote:
> I doubt that "would otherwise have been kept secret" > is going to be a useful criterion for when a patent > should be granted. How do you propose to tell when > that's the case? Easily, when you look at the reverse: when would it obviously NOT be kept secret. You gave one example. Unfortunately, there are many in the patent system. _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com