Re:Alphabet adds patent claim to Uber intellectual property ...
by jacquesm on Friday March 10, 2017 @11:43PM
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Have a look at your typical modern patent application (a granted one) and see if you can rebuild the apparatus based on what is disclosed.
Yes, in theory all the (critical) details are there but in practice this only works in simpler, for instance mostly mechanical patents.
Patents that are broader, for instance to patent some principle may give an illustration and enough info that if you're skilled in the art that you may re-implement it but you're definitely not going to get working schematics and blueprints to work off.
The situation is a bit better than with most scientific papers but not that much better.
Yes, in theory all the (critical) details are there but in practice this only works in simpler, for instance mostly mechanical patents.
Patents that are broader, for instance to patent some principle may give an illustration and enough info that if you're skilled in the art that you may re-implement it but you're definitely not going to get working schematics and blueprints to work off.
The situation is a bit better than with most scientific papers but not that much better.