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Comment Lack of utility (Score 5, Informative) 379

Manual of Patent Examining Procedure; 706.03(a) Rejections under 35 USC 101 III A rejection on the ground of lack of utility is appropriate when ... (2) an assertion of specific and substantive utility for the invention is not credible. Such a rejection can include the more specific grounds of inoperativeness! Such as inventions involving perpetual motion.

Comment Re:Knee Jerk (Score 4, Informative) 130

Exactly and thankyou. It's like amputating the B-cells. Not a risk free procedure, the cytokine storm can kill and then the resultant immune deficiency effects must be managed. But a susceptibility to colds is a lot better than leukemia. The treatment targets all B-cells, whether cancerous or not. We are still not identifying and destroying cancerous cells only. That is when words like "cure" might get to be used.

Comment Re:Human beings are technically... (Score 2) 274

Groups of humans are a form of AI. They have goals, needs and interests that are often quite distinct from the individual's concerned. All an AI need do with a major corporation is convince the humans that they are making the decisions, based on the information fed to them by the AI.

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