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What cannot be patented?

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Question: What cannot be patented?
Answer:
  • Laws of nature
  • Physical phenomena
  • Abstract ideas
  • Literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works. These can be Copyright protected.
  • Inventions which are considered not useful or possible by the USPTO for example perpetual motion machines; or offensive to public morality.
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