So what is the "utility" requirement exactly?

That said it's becoming increasingly almost impossible to do truly innovative things in the US legally. Even just in terms of expense in overhead in regulatory compliance , not to mention outright ridiculous illegality, the cost overhead of even some simple projects take it uneccesarily out of the realm of a normal person. Even just the potential for lawsuits every which way for things that will be entirely outside of one's control is ridiculous. Best to go somewhere else. Any recommendations? 😊

That said for the moment I'd rather know the legal limits. Of course they don't necessarily even care about what their laws say. But there's only so much I can anticipate without going completely bonkers.