I wrote: > > The natural laws form a map of the universe. The map is not the > territory, so just as owning a map is not the same thing as owning the > terrority, owning the natural laws does not mean you own the whole > universe.
humm ... the grand narrative for interpreting natural law was originally God's blueprint for the universe. This would explain why natural laws have been treated as non patentable. However, if the grand narrative for interpreting natural law is a human effort to map the universe, the patentability question should be revisited. Harry