At 09:44 AM 9/6/2012, Jones Beene wrote:
From: Teslaalset
What kind of invention cannot be patented in
China? [snip] (6) substances obtained by means of nuclear transformation.
Looks like the Chinese, in granting the patent,
have determined that Ni-H is not a process which
is dependent on Nuclear transmutation.
No, the patent is not a patent for a "substance"
obtained by means of nuclear transformation.
Energy is not a "substance" in the likely meaning
of that, and, stricly speaking, the patent is for
a device or process, not a substance. It's not
completely clear to me what the prohibition
*does* refer to. Could a device that is designed
and used to create nuclear transformations be
patented? That's distinct from patenting the substance itself.
(Some substances can be patented, to be used for,
say, medical purposes. But apparently not in
China, not if they are obtained by means of nuclear transformation.)
