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Re:No Source Code == No Patent by buran77 on Monday April 17, 2023 @06:50AM (#35599025)
> Your patent has to fully describe how the invention works.

Exactly, a patent can't be just for "an idea" which is intrinsically generic but rather for the actual implementation with details. Patenting ideas would probably be the very definition of an overly broad patent.

Re:No Source Code == No Patent by freejazz on Monday April 17, 2023 @02:35PM (#35604663)
It doesn't have to be the exact implementation though. It can be many implementations that your invention enables...