>>Isn’t that exactly the idea of a patent? Instead of keeping the invention a trade secret (occasionally a viable alternative) you publish the invention, and the inventor (and in general, the supporting institutions) can get rewarded if someone plans to use the idea commercially.
I agree with this especially because someone else is, after all, going to commercialize it and charge money for it. Best, BR From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Abhishek Anan Sent: Saturday, November 4, 2017 05:31 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Regarding Patents I second Gert's thoughts.... Best, Abhishek On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 10:21 AM, Gert Vriend <gerrit.vri...@radboudumc.nl<mailto:gerrit.vri...@radboudumc.nl>> wrote: A related question. If you have a crystal structure and found a novel ligand binding site that can be used to regulate protein activity, could you patent such "binding site"? If not, how to make the best use of such findings? I would say that the best one can do with important novel data/information/knowledge/insights is to publish it so the world can benefit from it. Gert
