Peter Gluck <[email protected]> wrote: Are you aware about the differences between a patent and know-how? > Plus know-what, know-why and know-how- not? >
Yes. I understand this difference. A PHOSITA has the know-how. If the patent does not disclose enough information for a PHOSITA to replicate -- from the patent alone, without any inside information from Rossi -- then the patent is invalid. That would mean Rossi has no intellectual property and anyone can use his technology without paying him. > Do you have some industrial experience with this- even a minimum - IT > included where you are at home? > I do not, but a PHOSITA does, by definition. > Every industry and problem is very specific and the essentials cannot be > transferred from one to another. > If no one in the world has the appropriate background to do this, then there is no PHOSITA at present, so the patent will have to disclose a great deal more information than patents normally do. A patent *must be enabling,* or it is invalid. - Jed
