Comment by oldgradstudent
2 days ago
You can, but a patent is still limited to around 20 years. How can a 1972 invention be still be patented in 2004?
2 days ago
You can, but a patent is still limited to around 20 years. How can a 1972 invention be still be patented in 2004?
Because the USAnian companies kept lobbying to keep the Patent Office working that way.
> USAnian
Do you mean American? Or US and Asian?
Often used by people who are American (from the Americas) but not from the US. Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Columbia, and the rest of North and South America.
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I think he means specifically (and sardonically) a neodemonym for the the United states of North America. For most of its inhabitants, America is the name of the continent, not a single country.