The later invention of non-Euclidean geometry does not resolve this question ; for one might as well ask, " If given the axioms of Riemannian geometry, can an omnipotent being create a triangle whose angles do not add up to more than 180 degrees?

If the Boulton device had been revealed at the time of the Wright Brother's patent filings, they may not have been able to claim priority of invention for lateral control of flying machines.

If a trademark is associated with a new invention, the trademark owner may also consider developing a generic term for the product to be used in descriptive contexts, to avoid inappropriate use of the " house " mark.

If correct, the artifacts would predate Alessandro Volta's 1800 invention of the electrochemical cell by more than a millennium.

If an invention has been described in the prior art, a patent on that invention is not valid.

If I am mistaken in this, Mr. Stapledon is so rich in invention that he can afford to lend, and I admire his invention ( though not his philosophy ) so much that I should feel no shame to borrow ".

If my already well-proven invention can save innocent lives while still more research is going on, I believe it is my responsibility as a scientist to make it available.

If an invention does have any recapitulation at all, it tends to be extremely short-sometimes only two or four measures.

If it would have been obvious for this fictional person to come up with the invention while starting from the prior art, then the particular invention is considered not patentable.

If not, the examiner will bring out the PHOSITA test to check if that invention is so obvious that people in the trade will invent it with or without patent applicant's efforts.

If an invention does not work as described in the claims, it may not be considered useful and may be deemed inoperable.

If it is established that the embodiment of the invention in which X is present at 30 percent does not have any tumor-shrinking effect on cancer cells, this means that at least that particular species within the genus of all compositions having X present at between 20 to 80 percent is inoperable ; that is, the X equals 30 percent species does not possess the utility asserted for the genus.

If the examiner shows evidence that the invention is not useful, the burden shifts to the applicant to prove utility.

If, on making this discovery, Courtois had taken out a certificate of invention, he would have realized a large estate.

If amendments are made to the patent during the opposition proceedings, the patent ( and the invention to which it relates ) must meet the requirements of the EPC.

If an invention is made outside the research activities of the federally funded research " without interference with or cost to the government-funded project ," then the invention is not a subject invention.

If the skilled person would have been prompted to modify the closest prior art in such a way as to arrive at something falling within the terms of the claims, then the invention does not involve an inventive step.

If that were not enough, sometimes the attributions of invention get jumbled, and people begin to attribute the invention of the kick to famous players who performed, but did not claim invention of, the kick such as Hugo Sánchez from Mexico and David Arellano from Chile.

If the last day ( due date ) for performing any act for tax purposes, such as filing a return or making a tax payment, etc., falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, you may perform that act on the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.

If the input light distribution falls beyond the visible range, Af as expected, since Af.

Jarry once wrote, expressing some of the bizarre logic of ' pataphysics, " If you let a coin fall and it falls, the next time it is just by an infinite coincidence that it will fall again the same way ; hundreds of other coins on other hands will follow this pattern in an infinitely unimaginable fashion ".

If it falls on a Saturday, any businesses normally closed that day will generally dedicate the following Monday as a day off.

If for instance there had been a wire walker the reprise would involve two chairs with a piece of rope between and the clown trying to imitate the artiste by trying to walk between them with the resulting falls and cascades bringing laughter from the audience.

If one falls on a strong beat, it is to be immediately resolved.

If the blood sugar level falls too low the liver converts a storage of glycogen into glucose and releases it into the bloodstream, to prevent the person going into a diabetic coma, for a short period of time.

The Council of Trent decreed: " If anyone shall say that a man once justified can sin no more, nor lose grace, and that therefore he who falls and sins was never truly justified ; or, on the contrary, that throughout his whole life he can avoid all sins even venial sins, except by a special privilege of God, as the Church holds in regard to the Blessed Virgin: let him be anathema.

If this date falls on a Friday, the observance is moved to the previous Thursday.

If it falls on a Sunday, observance is moved to the following Monday.

If the cannonball is fired with sufficient velocity, the ground curves away from the ball at least as much as the ball falls — so the ball never strikes the ground.

If the Supreme Court finds any referred part unconstitutional, the entire bill falls.

If no party introduces new evidence the case stands or falls just by the prima facie evidence or lack thereof.

If a feast day falls on a Sunday it is always combined with the hymns for Sunday ( unless it is a Great Feast of the Lord ).

If the skateboarder falls, the skateboard may roll or fly into another person.

If by accident a gouger falls from a hill, it can easily be captured or starves to death.

If a piece falls into the center square, the game is over.

If the sides of the flattened loop are pulled away from each other, the flattened loop ends pull out of the half hitches and the knot falls apart, but if the free ends

If the predicted half-life falls into an experimentally accessible range, such isotopes have a chance to move from the list of stable nuclides to the radioactive category, once their activity is observed.

If the Great Feast of the Annunciation falls during Great Lent, then fish, wine and oil are permitted on that day.

If the air temperature is not low enough to keep the precipitation frozen, it falls as lake-effect rain.

If a person has no children capable of asking, the responsibility falls to their spouse, or another participant.

If he uses thirty seconds to move, the difference between the clocks reaches one minute, and the time flag falls to indicate that he loses by time.

If the third card's value falls between the first two, the player will receive a payoff according to the spread ; otherwise the bet is lost.

If the combined ratio falls below 3. 2 or so, production ceases to be economically viable and some factories cease extraction of butter and powder and trade exclusively in cocoa liquor.