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In article <1991May19.014156.11349@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN) writes:
> Would it be legal to copy and publish the actual description of a patent,
> as filed in the patent office.
> 
> Would it be legal for someone to publish a more elaborated description of
> what a particular invention actually means, including all of the patent
> filing, and re-expressing it first so that others can understand it?
> 
> What if the others happen to be machines?

I believe the answers here are definitely YES.  The idea of a patent is that,
in return for a monopoly for a limited period, the patent must contain enough
information that someone "skilled in the art" (and presumably with the
necessary resources) can produce what the patent covers.  The word patent,
itself, means open or exposed.
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Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399
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