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by anamax 5055 days ago
< Patented algorithms/software usually don't have any physical world implementation.

Huh?

Take the "apple bounce" patent. I can see images move on a screen. How did that happen without a "physical world implementation"?

Note that the "cure rubber with heat" patent mentioned abouve covered a process, a set of steps. It wasn't a patent on a rubber curing machine.