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A comment on Patent application by USC: Fasting condition as dietary treatment of diabetes.

Re:Patent application by USC: Fasting condition as dietary t... by katkattac on Thursday November 17, 2016 @02:24PM (#12980568)
This is only an application, not granted (yet).

I think that "method" patents don't get enough scrutiny by the public. If you read claim one, what they are preventing is: anyone identifying someone with diabetes and then putting that person on a calorie restricted diet.

It's not clear to me why the government should grant a monopoly on this technique, even from a theoretical standpoint.

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Re:Patent application by USC: Fasting condition as dietary t... by iplaw on Thursday November 17, 2016 @03:10PM (#12981002)
It granted, indeed. Albeit with a slightly narrower claim scope. See my analysis of the issued independent claim.
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