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One of the oddest bits of excess I've seen recently was a burger shop near wall street that sold 200 dollar burgers. These burgers were apparently not only made of good beef but they (honest ...


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 What is the best way to invest my $$??
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 What is a dividend? (one sentence answer, please )?
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 Can a highly intelligent individual significantly beat the market trading?
Assume somebody with an unusually high iq and a substantial understanding of gambling mathematics, finance, and economics.

Assume this individual would be working with total capital of ...



dar j
Can an idea be patented?
                     
 




America, The New France
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No, it cannot.

From the United States Patent Office:

A patent cannot be obtained upon a mere idea or suggestion. The patent is granted upon the new machine, manufacture, etc., as has been said, and not upon the idea or suggestion of the new machine. A complete description of the actual machine or other subject matter for which a patent is sought is required.

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/what.htm


Yagen P
Strictly speaking, you can't patent an idea. You can only patent an invention. But you don't need to actually build an invention in order to patent it. You can patent it even if its just an idea on paper, as long as you can show how you would build it.

Check out http://www.patentengineers.com
It explains patents for new inventors, and explains what can be patented and what can't.


mike l
no you need to actually invent it to receive the patent and all items still cannot be patented depending on what it is such as an accessory for another product


Start The Fire
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no, because its a thought, not a invention or product. Anybody can steal it and you cant take any kind of lawful action against it because it is not illegal to steal an idea.


piscesgurl310
I believe the only ways you can patent an idea is if its a product or a trade secret/process (for example your secret family recipe for apple pie or a pharmaceutical co. that has a special process they use to make medications.)

You cannot patent an idea like a service. Like if you invent a manual car wash and someone makes an innovation like a machine car was there is nothing you can do about it.


Ashley N
Yes.


ladyspongeboblove
idk maybe you should ask somebody......lol


Matt
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try 420, then ask yourself


Cant think of names ;)
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Yes, thats how u protect it.


=SilverDragon=
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That's kind of the point of patents.

But only certain types of ideas. Like ideas for inventions. Not just any idea.


stud muffin
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video tape it and you can


carissa jackson
of course if u want it to


Desperate
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Can be patended just a patentinization exists


shmogt
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ideas are the only thing u can patent, than u make it and patent that too


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