Patent application by USC: Fasting condition as dietary treatment of diabetes

Re:Patent application by USC: Fasting condition as dietary t... by jasonkostempski on Thursday November 17, 2016 @03:17PM (#12981067)

If I'm not mistaken, you can make/do a patented thing as an individual all you want, you just can't commercialize it.

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Re:Patent application by USC: Fasting condition as dietary t... by hanginghyena on Thursday November 17, 2016 @03:32PM (#12981216)

That seems very anti-competitive. So basically, if fasting is a free treatment for diabetes, you can't promote it without paying these guys a royalty? Boooooo

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Re:Patent application by USC: Fasting condition as dietary t... by ThrustVectoring on Thursday November 17, 2016 @07:09PM (#12983109)

You can probably promote it and they won't care. They will care if you run a thing that you charge health insurance companies for.

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Re:Patent application by USC: Fasting condition as dietary t... by hanginghyena on Friday November 18, 2016 @10:03AM (#12987183)

Right but that's where this gets ridiculous.

Telling a patient to fast is basically a clinical practice. Almost like checking blood pressure. No actual supplies needed, just behavioral counseling.

By the same logic, could I patent checking blood pressure?

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Re:Patent application by USC: Fasting condition as dietary t... by hayavuk on Thursday November 17, 2016 @03:54PM (#12981448)

Isn't that generally applicable to patents?

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Re:Patent application by USC: Fasting condition as dietary t... by intrasight on Thursday November 17, 2016 @03:28PM (#12981174)

You are still infringing, but nobody is going to come after you unless you are doing commercial damage.

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Re:Patent application by USC: Fasting condition as dietary t... by intrasight on Thursday November 17, 2016 @03:30PM (#12981195)

At least in USA. See http://www.iusmentis.com/patents/crashcourse/rights/

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