[hso9791]

With all due respect: No molecule is a mathematical formula. Mathematical formulas - on the other hand - are.

Patents on software are a patent on describing how to use a machine. Almost every single component part of the machine has surely been patented at some point.

How many times do we need to patent the use of a computer and/or networks before we're done with this nonsense?

[pessimizer]

>A patent is a monopoly in the same way all property rights are monopolies: you get the exclusive right to use something.

After I get my series of patents on the use of a computer on a Ferris wheel. And the use of a smartphone on a Ferris Wheel. And networking on a Ferris wheel. And downloading on a Ferris Wheel. And a solution for predicting the position of a person on a Ferris wheel based on other people on that Ferris wheel with known positions...