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minus-square@GenEcon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish14•1 year agoSomething doesn’t add up here since you can’t patent anything for decades.
minus-square@jadero@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish11•1 year 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•1 year agoSeems like I messed up carrying over thoughts over language barrier. Where was I unclear?
minus-square@bort@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agopatents expire. so nestle shoudln’t be able to “patenting human milk proteins for decades”
minus-squareqyronlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoPatents can be renewed, to my knowledge, and “for decades” as in “since the 90s”.
minus-square@Quereller@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year 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@nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoPatents can’t be renewed. After expiring, they become public domain.
minus-squareladlinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year 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-squarebitwolflinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoMaybe there is an Oxford comma? I understood what you meant
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?
patents expire. so nestle shoudln’t be able to “patenting human milk proteins for decades”
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.
For decades may as well be anything from 20 years up, afaik patents may live for 50 years so this seems to work fine
Maybe there is an Oxford comma? I understood what you meant