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minus-squareqyronlinkfedilinkEnglish4•10 months agoSeems like I messed up carrying over thoughts over language barrier. Where was I unclear?
minus-square@bort@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish4•10 months agopatents expire. so nestle shoudln’t be able to “patenting human milk proteins for decades”
minus-squareqyronlinkfedilinkEnglish12•10 months agoPatents can be renewed, to my knowledge, and “for decades” as in “since the 90s”.
minus-square@QuerellerlinkEnglish9•10 months 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•10 months agoPatents can’t be renewed. After expiring, they become public domain.
minus-squareladlinkfedilinkEnglish6•10 months 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-squarebitwolflinkEnglish2•10 months agoMaybe there is an Oxford comma? I understood what you meant
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