New light "invented"

[Brigadier]

I saw this on Russell Howard's Good News, a while back.

Thing was, I could have sworn it was a filipino or similar guy who "invented" this, on there.

 

[JBR]

An invention isn't something that is patentable.

Really? I've heard of many inventions that the inventor has patented. Or have I misunderstood.

 

[joe-90]

An invention isn't something that is patentable.

Really? I've heard of many inventions that the inventor has patented. Or have I misunderstood.

Yes. It isn't a definition of an invention that it must be patentable.

 

[JBR]

An invention isn't something that is patentable.

Really? I've heard of many inventions that the inventor has patented. Or have I misunderstood.

Yes. It isn't a definition of an invention that it must be patentable.

So are you now saying that an invention can be patented, but need not be?

 

[jeds]

Can anybody describe exactly what has been invented?

 

[joe-90]

An invention isn't something that is patentable.

Really? I've heard of many inventions that the inventor has patented. Or have I misunderstood.

Yes. It isn't a definition of an invention that it must be patentable.

So are you now saying that an invention can be patented, but need not be?

Yes.

 

[joe-90]

Can anybody describe exactly what has been invented?

It's a light.

 

[rjm2k]

It's not a "light" in the sense of eddison who they compare with , it's a bottle filled with water and stuck through a hole in a roof which uses refraction to channel natural light inside. You wouldn't call a window or a hole in the roof a light would you?

It's a light tunnel but using a single cheap setup as collector, funnel and distributer for the natural light so in that sense if a "light tunnel" has been patented by say Velux, he's probably infringing!

 

[joe-90]

It's a sky-light. Live with it. It's a light.

 

[jeds]

So the bloke's invented a skylight. Genius. Wonder where he got the idea from.

 

[JBR]

An invention isn't something that is patentable.

Really? I've heard of many inventions that the inventor has patented. Or have I misunderstood.

Yes. It isn't a definition of an invention that it must be patentable.

So are you now saying that an invention can be patented, but need not be?

Yes.

You've done a U-turn. Are you standing for parliament?

 

[sooey]

So the bloke's invented a skylight. Genius. Wonder where he got the idea from.

Whether or not this is an invention in the true sense of the word this guy is just as deserving of a nobel prize as most others who've won one, and a lot more than some I reckon.

 

[jeds]

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[joe-90]

An invention isn't something that is patentable.

Really? I've heard of many inventions that the inventor has patented. Or have I misunderstood.

Yes. It isn't a definition of an invention that it must be patentable.

So are you now saying that an invention can be patented, but need not be?

Yes.

No I haven't.

You've done a U-turn. Are you standing for parliament?

 

[JBR]

An invention isn't something that is patentable.

Really? I've heard of many inventions that the inventor has patented. Or have I misunderstood.

Yes. It isn't a definition of an invention that it must be patentable.

So are you now saying that an invention can be patented, but need not be?

Yes.

No I haven't.



You've done a U-turn. Are you standing for parliament?

Bit silly, Joseph. Everyone can read my un-doctored original.