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st Questions t 1 When Congress amended the Patent Act in 1952 by replacing the w

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st Questions t 1 When Congress amended the Patent Act in 1952 by replacing the word art with process, did Congress intend to expand or reduce the number of patentable items? Does this interpretation reflect a current legal norm, that is, the promotion of entrepre- neurship? Could Einstein have obtained a patent on his famous theory of relativity, E= MC2? Why? 3, Are math formulas patentable? Would a math formula that is part of a process for molding raw, uncured synthetic rubber into cured precision products be patentable?

Explanation / Answer

When congress amended the patent Act in 1952 by replacing the word Art with process means it expands the number of patent items. The process consists of the number of sub process so it contains the patent to all the intellectual properties of the process which also contains in the sub process. Yes, this this interpretation reflects the current legal norms of the entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is the process of implementing the ideas and thoughts into the reality and in market which are someone’s property. Yes, Einstein have obtained the patent on the famous relativity theory as it was his intellectual property and idea generation in the theory. It can not be copied by anyone.