Some of you are pretending that stock market is driven by the moon now I suggest that they should add a "helper" to the moon theory hihi !
Of course. But normally it depends on the will of the officials. They can refuse arbitrarily a patent. Some inventors complain about that in energy field. It seems that it is really strict in industry field whereas it is very loose in service field that's why BT has deposited a patent on the hyperlink concept and asked for royalties ! happily they lost the trial if not so we would have to pay a fee to them for each click we make on an internet link wharf !