No. Patentability criteria are: Novel, non-obvious and useful. The utility of a patent does not exist if it doesn't actually work.
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Craig Haynie <cchayniepub...@gmail.com>wrote: > I wonder why the Patent Office cares if the device actually works? The > criteria should be that the work is original, complex, and involved a > significant labor investment. Instead, we have Amazon patenting a 'point > a click' method of purchasing, and we have the 'cat and laser' patent. > > http://www.google.com/patents/US5443036 > > These are nonsense, and threaten the whole concept of intellectual > property, whereas original, creative, labor intensive, design, is denied. > > Craig > >
