It is impossible to give a precise definition of what constitutes a patentable invention, since the answer depends upon many factors. The final determination of patentability is made by the Patent ...

Leo Szilard was waiting to cross the road near Russell Square in London when the idea came to him. It was 12 September 1933. A little under 12 years later, the US dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima ...

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