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0 pointsdalbasal4y ago0 comments

True. I considered clarifying, but didn't to be concise. I think publication as a reasoning for granting patents is superseded. It's mostly relevant to the history of patents, not the present.

You can't be secretive about a UI, or the chemical composition of a drug.

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inglor_cz4y ago

WD40 formula is famously still secret.

echelon4y ago

Take GC/mass spec/NMR to it and find out. The tools are available.

Do it to Coke/Pepsi while you're at it.

kristofferR4y ago

Wired did it back in 2009:

https://www.wired.com/2009/04/st-whatsinside-6/

dalbasalOP4y ago

I guess that's an example in both directions. WD40 formula is secret despite the existence of patents.

bluGill4y ago

There are competitors with less name recognition, but arguably a better product (WD40 is great for water displacement, but it isn't very good for most of the things people use it for).

tejtm4y ago

is it? Though it was kerosene, paraffin and a drop of anise oil to cover the smell of the kerosene.

Maybe I should to revisit what I thought I knew

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