[anamax]

> So while recognizing the problem might be an innovation, it might be an almost inevitable innovation.

Or, it might not.

> Furthermore, much of the credit might arguably belong to the enabling technology that made a solution possible, and to the industry that developed and commercialized that technology.

So? They're free to recognize the capabilities and invent.

However, that's a red herring because you also don't want them to be able to get patents for recognizing the possibilites.

I get that you don't like "recognize the problem" inventions. Howver, can you argue against them on the basis of "it was inevitable" or "someone else should have gotten the credit"?

Which reminds me - can you name three inventions that weren't inevitable and how you know? I'm trying to figure out if your argument against "recognize the problem" patents applies more generally.