x wrote:
> "Frank Hamersley" <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:qq_9g.4396$S7.3330_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > x wrote:
> > > "J M Davitt" <jdavitt_at_aeneas.net> wrote in message
> > > news:Z_99g.24008$YI5.23255_at_tornado.ohiordc.rr.com...
> > >> Marshall Spight wrote:
> > >>> Frank Hamersley wrote:
>
>
> > My layman's understanding is that patents are about method rather than
> > outcomes so if the TRM is unique in that regard its patent will stand.
>
> How is an invention different from a discovery ?
In theory, invention is a creative act of the mind, while discovery is
a scientific or sensory act. It is hard to draw a clean line between
them, however. Do we invent mathematics or discover it? --dawn
Received on Tue May 16 2006 - 13:24:41 CDT
