DEM + Patents

Submitted by cgrohs on Fri, 02/17/2017 - 14:13

I was unaware of what sort of things can be patented:
Discrete element modeling of rock destruction under high pressure conditions
http://www.google.com/patents/US8150667

Cheers,
Christian

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ckloss | Mon, 02/20/2017 - 22:34

Hi Christian,

thanks for the info. US patents can be somewhat crazy, I have also seen things like (semi-) analytical solutions to a certain problem in a patent. Not sure how "strong" this patent is...

But thanks for creating awareness!

Best wishes
Christoph