tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post3187297668607830783..comments2023-07-15T04:39:59.759-07:00Comments on Genomics, Medicine, and Pseudoscience: Can you patent a fraudulent stem cell method? Yes!Steven Salzberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16549957293973146438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211371452778645597.post-40984252123584418722014-02-25T09:55:43.483-08:002014-02-25T09:55:43.483-08:00You apparently don't know how patents work. T...You apparently don't know how patents work. The invention, improvement to an existing technology, etc. being patented does not have to be demonstrated to work (or demostrated at all, for that matter). All that is needed for a patent is a documented schematic, process, etc., but such documentation never has to be demonstrated as viable. For example, there are several patents existing for such non-working/non-existing technologies as anti-gravity devices, perpetual energy generators, and so on. The USPTO has every reason to stand by their decision because the process or technology in the patent application being submitted by Hwang was not in violation of (i.e. represented by) a previously issued patent. The USPTO is not the same as the USDA, so they aren't involved in any way with determining the efficacy of a method (even one already known to be fraudulent). So, in response to your closing remarks, it's not hard at all to imagine a more obvious example of a patent application that should be denied because this one should not have been.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com