Uncyclopedia:Patented nonsense

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) documents over 2500 examples of patented nonsense in their records.

Patented nonsense refers to nonsense which has been officially patented. It is considered to be Uncyclopedia's primary literary style. It was originally conceived by Vikings but perfected through the efforts of Sir William Fluorescent-Light-Nonsense, who also invented the sense of smell, and a shortlived clothing fad involving spreadable cheese.

1 Process
2 Effects
3 Guidelines of patented nonsense
4 See also

[edit] Process

For nonsense to be patentable, it should fulfill various legalistic criteria:

It should be original (unless you’re Bell copying Meucci’s ideas)
It should be based on concepts non-obvious to those knowledgeable in the art, or based on trivial concepts obfuscated by weasel-like patent lawyers to appear non-trivial
It must be backed by large quantities of money and lawyers. Unlike the first two criteria, this last point is non-negotiable.
If none of the above apply, you can still do it if you really really want to.

Upon fulfilling these criteria, nonsense is recognized by the Patent and Trademark Office by the conferral of Letters Patent of Invented Nonsense. This effectively prohibits others clever (or insane) enough to have independently thought of the same idea from applying that idea anywhere in the useful arts or sciences for a period of twenty years.

[edit] Effects

Primarily euphoria, enhanced depth perception, synaesthesia, altered reality.

Legitimate technological progress is slowed or halted by lawyers arguing over nonsense and the ownership thereof. Enough skilled lawyers can halt all scientific advance outright, as each bit of patent nonsense inevitably depends on some other piece of vaguely-related, patentable nonsense which preceded it.

Some particularly firm beleivers in patented nonsense amongst the lawyerly profession have extended the concept to the point of patenting genetics (in order to halt the unauthorised reproduction of the dodo bird, for instance), patenting software or even patenting mathematics.

is not patentable as it is already part of the prior art, but with sufficiently costly legal counsel skilled in the principles of patent nonsense, may be patented and serve as the bone of contention for evil and criminal litigation for years to come.

Which is correct: 6+5 are 12 or 6+5 is 12?

[edit] Guidelines of patented nonsense

Wikipedia rejects patent nonsense because Uncyclopedia will cause legal action against them. Many patent nonsense articles are deleted from Wikipedia.