Can you patent a machine or a thing with your philosophical idea or imaginative idea without knowing how it physically works?
2007-07-18 07:05:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Like I wonder if somebody had patented the Cellular phone or GPS system?
2007-07-18 07:11:26 · update #1
Youd need to give some details as to how it worked and what it accomplished.
2007-07-18 07:08:30 · answer #1 · answered by billgoats79 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philosophies (akin to mathematical thoerems or natural laws) are not patentable.
Imaginitive ideas are patentable, so long as they can expressed in a drawing or described in writing. Many pure ideas have been patented well before the actual device was made. The LASER is probably the best modern example of this.
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2007-07-18 14:09:27 · answer #2 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, that's called intellectual property, you can patent an idea and then figure out how it works later.
2007-07-18 14:08:07 · answer #3 · answered by cake 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think yes but you have to put it in writing.
2007-07-18 14:09:15 · answer #4 · answered by Super_Noypi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋