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One can::ot patent geometry per se nor any separately differentiated-out, pure principle of nature’s operative processes. One can patent, however, the surprise complex behaviors of associated principles where the behavior of the whole is unpredicted by the behavior of the parts, i.e., synergetic phenomena. This is known as invention, a complex arrangement not found in, but permitted by, nature though sometimes superficially akin to a priori natural systems, formulations, and processes. Though superficially similar in patternings to radiolaria and flies’ eyes, geodesic structuring is true invention. Radiolaria collapse when taken out of water. Flies’ eyes do not provide human dwelling precedent or man-occupiable environment valving structures.
