Whats written in a patent is a claim. It doesn't necessarily have to be capable of being "reduced to practise".
I suspect, because I've done it myself, is to disclose a use OTHERS might want to patent. You do this because then you've "prior arted them".
They cannot secure a patent unless something is NEW, INVENTIVE and USEFUL.
If its disclosed already, you cannot get a strong patent on anything using that which is in the public domain already, because your invention lacks novelty.
Whats written in a patent is a claim. It doesn't necessarily have to be capable of being "reduced to practise".
I suspect, because I've done it myself, is to disclose a use OTHERS might want to patent. You do this because then you've "prior arted them".
They cannot secure a patent unless something is NEW, INVENTIVE and USEFUL.
If its disclosed already, you cannot get a strong patent on anything using that which is in the public domain already, because your invention lacks novelty.