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[–] bort@feddit.de 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

patents expire. so nestle shoudln't be able to "patenting human milk proteins for decades"

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Patents can be renewed, to my knowledge, and "for decades" as in "since the 90s".

[–] Quereller@lemmy.one 8 points 11 months ago

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?

[–] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 7 points 11 months ago

Patents can't be renewed. After expiring, they become public domain.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 6 points 11 months ago

For decades may as well be anything from 20 years up, afaik patents may live for 50 years so this seems to work fine