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0 pointschiph2y ago0 comments

Or they are holding the details of their process close to their chest, in anticipation of a lucrative spin-off.

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A breakthrough of this kind should be illegal to patent

The formula and atomic structure should not be patentable (like gene sequence), but a novel and non-obvious industrial process to fabricate such material could be patented. There may be many different such patents.

shaftoe2y ago

Why do you think so?

hanniabu2y ago

Why do you not think so..... what if the internet was patented? What if copper was patented?

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0 pointschiph2y ago0 comments

Or they are holding the details of their process close to their chest, in anticipation of a lucrative spin-off.

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hanniabu2y ago

A breakthrough of this kind should be illegal to patent

mikhailfranco2y ago

shaftoe2y ago

Why do you think so?

hanniabu2y ago

Why do you not think so..... what if the internet was patented? What if copper was patented?

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