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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•2 years agoSomething doesn’t add up here since you can’t patent anything for decades.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•2 years agoI read that as: For decades, Nestle has been patenting milk proteins. They’ve been doing it for a long time, not somehow getting extra-long patents.
minus-squareqyronlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoSeems like I messed up carrying over thoughts over language barrier. Where was I unclear?
minus-squarebitwolflinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoMaybe there is an Oxford comma? I understood what you meant
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agopatents expire. so nestle shoudln’t be able to “patenting human milk proteins for decades”
minus-squareladlinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoFor decades may as well be anything from 20 years up, afaik patents may live for 50 years so this seems to work fine
minus-squareqyronlinkfedilinkEnglish12•2 years agoPatents can be renewed, to my knowledge, and “for decades” as in “since the 90s”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoUsually, patents have a lifetime for 20 years. Maybe you get an extension for 5 years. From were do you have the info that patents can be renewed?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•2 years agoPatents can’t be renewed. After expiring, they become public domain.
Something doesn’t add up here since you can’t patent anything for decades.
I read that as:
For decades, Nestle has been patenting milk proteins.
They’ve been doing it for a long time, not somehow getting extra-long patents.
Seems like I messed up carrying over thoughts over language barrier.
Where was I unclear?
Maybe there is an Oxford comma? I understood what you meant
patents expire. so nestle shoudln’t be able to “patenting human milk proteins for decades”
For decades may as well be anything from 20 years up, afaik patents may live for 50 years so this seems to work fine
Patents can be renewed, to my knowledge, and “for decades” as in “since the 90s”.
Usually, patents have a lifetime for 20 years. Maybe you get an extension for 5 years. From were do you have the info that patents can be renewed?
Patents can’t be renewed. After expiring, they become public domain.