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You cannot patent formulas for Mathematics, but you can patent formula applications such as software for applying the patent formula. If something is new, original, and useful can it be patented? If it involves an inventive step and is useful to trade or agriculture it can be patented.

You can't patent things that already exist in nature or abstract ideas. Mathematical formulas are considered abstract ideas by the patent and trademark office because they are concepts that explain how things work.

Works not covered by copyright law Mathematical formulae will therefore generally form part of the public domain, to the extent that their expression in the form of software is not covered by copyright. Works created before the existence of copyright and patent laws also form part of the public domain.

In a legal context, the content of a math book, including diagrams, word problems, and illustrations, can be copyrighted. However, the mathematical formulas, problems, proofs, and theorems themselves cannot be copyrighted. Facts that are established and natural, such as 2*2=4, cannot be copyrighted.

Ideas are not copyrightable, only particular expressions thereof. In the case of a mathematical formula, it could be argued that since there is a standardized notation for expressing mathematical concepts, the idea and the expression are inseparable, therefore copyright protection does not apply.

You cannot patent formulas for Mathematics, but you can patent formula applications such as software for applying the patent formula. If something is new, original, and useful can it be patented? If it involves an inventive step and is useful to trade or agriculture it can be patented.

Ideas are not copyrightable, only particular expressions thereof. In the case of a mathematical formula, it could be argued that since there is a standardized notation for expressing mathematical concepts, the idea and the expression are inseparable, therefore copyright protection does not apply.