Re: Waving is patentable?

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 1:18 AM, Tomas L. Byrnes <tomb () byrneit net> wrote:
> What most people don't understand, and I think the source of your
> concern, is that the action or artifact itself is not what is patented
> (in most cases, a design patent DOES patent the artifact), but what it's
> used for.
>
> So, waving isn't patentable, but using a wave in the view of a three
> dimensional sensing array to control a virtual object probably is.
Hollywood popularized that idea (confer, Minority Report). Perhaps the
author of he book can claim prior art.

Jeff

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