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Does a patent applicant have to demonstrate the the invention he discovered or design is commercially practicable to receive a patent?

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No, in fact there are some hilarious and ridiculous inventions that have been patented and maybe never sold a single commercial unit.

The basic requirement for patent is the invention should be novel, non-obvious and useful. So, the invention is not necessary commercially practicable, but it should have usefulness means it should have some benefit to the society.

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