Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 09:07:48 06/19/04
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On June 19, 2004 at 09:08:56, Ed Trice wrote: >On June 19, 2004 at 04:10:55, Russell Reagan wrote: > >>On June 18, 2004 at 20:38:54, Sune Fischer wrote: >> >>>I agree. I wonder if those who granted the patent really understood what they >>>were doing. >> >> >>Of course not. The U.S. pattent office is notoriously bad for accepting >>virtually anything, and then relying on people challenging the patents after the >>fact. Maybe they have too much work to do and not enough people to do the work. >>Who knows. In any case, it is a real problem. > >Ridiculous. The patent office is renowned for shooting down every patent filing >on the first round, and then making you document everything from soup to nuts >just to deserve a second go around. > >Try patenting anything, then open your mouth. Sorry, I should have said: the U.S. patent office is notoriously bad for accepting virtually anything after it has been submitted and improved a few times, and then relying on people challenging the patents after the fact. Of course, the point remains the same, and you're just nit picking.
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