The ion processing of powders is the work seeking protection, the element used would not be limiting.
The burden is whether this particular processing would be obvious to someone schooled in the art. In that case, no patent would issue. ----- Original Message ----- From: Axil Axil To: vortex-l Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 12:57 PM Subject: [Vo]:A question about patents… A question about patents… If the nickel catalyst turns out to be pure nickel nano-powder, but processed and prepared in a special way… Let’s say it is bombarded with fast high energy ions that produce many defects in the lattice structure of nickel nano-powder. Is the powder patentable or is the ion processing of the powder. If the same ion processing is done to copper nano-powder, is a separate patent needed to protest the IP of the nano-powder for that element or should the patent be used to protect the ion treatment of all metal nano-powders?
