Not if it is the authors of the paper filing for the patent. Otherwise people wo...

jameshart · 2025-07-15T17:50:37 1752601837

Patents are intended to be the form of first public disclosure of an idea. Disclosing it before patenting it can prevent the patent application being valid.

US has a 1 year grace period. In most countries, any public disclosure makes an idea unpatentable.

https://outlierpatentattorneys.com/patent-public-disclosure

varispeed · 2025-07-15T17:01:55 1752598915

This always grinds my gears. For some people "discoveries" are so obvious, they don't bother writing a paper let alone patenting it. Then someone goes and patents it...

dotancohen · 2025-07-16T05:24:45 1752643485

Examples?

varispeed · 2025-07-16T11:26:05 1752665165

https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/ppubsbasic.ht...

Have a look. For instance in the search box enter "categories".

dotancohen · 2025-07-16T12:16:48 1752668208

  > Search results
  > Results for query "(Categories).pn."

  > No records found

varispeed · 2025-07-16T15:13:09 1752678789

I am sorry for not being precise. You should enter "Categories" in "For" input. (in the "Or" section)