Can you patent a plot? U.S. Patent Office Publishes the First Patent Application to Claim a Fictional Storyline.

Can you patent a plot? On this month, the USPTO published an application for patent that is certain to test the limits of the USPTO's authority to grant or deny a patent. Knight and Associates, a patent attorney firm who bill themselves as "[...] the first patent prosecution firm to attempt to obtain utility patent protection on fictional plots."

U.S. Patent Office Publishes the First Patent Application to Claim a Fictional Storyline; Inventor Asserts Provisional Rights Against Hollywood