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Anthropic bias : observation selection effects in science and philosophy / by Nick Bostrom. p. cm. — (Studies in philosophy) Includes bibliographical references and index.

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3d Molecular Structures: Patentable Subject Matter under 35 U.s.c. § 101?

With the advent of protein engineering, the determination of a protein’s 3D structure has taken on a whole new importance. This has prompted some to call for the United States Patent and Trademark Office [USPTO] to break with tradition and allow patents on the three-dimensional structural information of proteins. This iBrief will discuss whether such information would constitute patentable subj...

Semiotics 101: Taking the Printed Matter Doctrine Seriously

ideas bars the patenting of a claim that is too broad because its scope is defined only by an abstract idea. For example, in O’Reilly v. Morse, Morse’s famous claim eight impermissibly sought to privatize all “use of . . . electro-magnetism, however developed for marking or printing intelligible characters, signs, or letters, at any distances.” 56 U.S. (15 How.) 62, 129 (1853). Every individual...