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Re:No patent if invention lies only in computer program, say... by quadrangle on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @12:56PM (#11168703)
No, my comment applies equally to "good" patents. When someone invents something truly non-obvious, it is still usually easy to figure out by looking at the results, so the "revelations" in the patent application are of no value. As a society, we have no interest in giving people a monopoly over truly non-obvious inventions unless failing to do so would make the invention not happen (which is a different argument than the revelation one).

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