On Friday, Jun 4, 2004, at 14:30 US/Pacific, Peter van Hoof wrote:

> In order to be patented an invention must be novel, useful, and not of
> an obvious nature.
>
That "not of an obvious nature" part is REAL tough to judge, especially
with software and microelectronics where "incremental improvement" is
pretty much a way of life...

BillW

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