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0 pointshanniabu2y ago0 comments

A breakthrough of this kind should be illegal to patent

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shaftoe2y ago· 2 in thread

Why do you think so?

hanniabuOP2y ago

Why do you not think so..... what if the internet was patented? What if copper was patented?

solrik2y ago

Not comparable to copper at all.

mikhailfranco2y ago

The formula and atomic structure should not be patentable (like gene sequence), but a novel and non-obvious industrial process to fabricate such material could be patented. There may be many different such patents.

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