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Re: What does the review process...
Excluding prior art, how many erroneous decisions does the patent office make, anyway?

Oh, how about a patent on [url=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1='6,368,227'.WKU.&OS=PN/6,368,227&RS=PN/6,368,227]swinging sideways[/url]? How about the [url=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netahtml/search-adv.htm&r=1&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=ptxt&S1=5443036.WKU.&OS=PN/5443036&RS=PN/5443036]cat exercising[/url] patent?

Oh, right, I remember what you've said. It's easy to say they're obvious now, after they've been patented.


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So what about the grandfathered patents?  Squawkbox | 06/08/05
First to file is a bad thing  John L. Ries | 06/08/05
I disagree...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/08/05
Doesn't go far enough  osreinstall | 06/08/05
Actually, goes in the wrong direction in the first place ....  George Mitchell | 06/08/05
Re: Actually, goes in the wrong direction in the first place ....  none none | 06/08/05
Not Really  osreinstall | 06/08/05
make patent application public  TrustMe_z | 06/10/05
They are !  osreinstall | 06/10/05
Another giveaway  none none | 06/08/05
I disagree  voska | 06/09/05
Re: I disagree  none none | 06/09/05
All patents must die  Omch'Ar | 06/08/05
First to file is legalized theft ...  George Mitchell | 06/08/05
Not when you have the right to stop them.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/08/05
Just monitor all patent filings  Steven Rogers | 06/09/05
I think you'd know when you got sued  voska | 06/09/05
Exactlly...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/09/05
If that is the way it works ...  George Mitchell | 06/09/05
Not Quite  osreinstall | 06/09/05
Why this assumption that the two are mutually exclusive?  tic swayback | 06/09/05
Re: Why this assumption that the two are mutually exclusive?  none none | 06/09/05
Free Patent  TrustMe_z | 06/10/05
What does the review process...  Anton Philidor | 06/08/05
Re: What does the review process...  none none | 06/08/05
Good point, so I'll ask:  Anton Philidor | 06/09/05
Re: Good point, so I'll ask:  none none | 06/09/05
Two things  Zinoron | 06/09/05
Really broken or sticks for the inventors and carrots for the thieves?  systemcleaner | 06/09/05
An additional suggestion  tic swayback | 06/09/05
First to File is a Patent Buster  brendthess | 06/09/05
Thinking about this in terms of biotech  tic swayback | 06/09/05
Stem Cell laws took care of medical R&D  osreinstall | 06/09/05
I'm not sure about this  tic swayback | 06/09/05
I will clarify some more  osreinstall | 06/09/05
We're in general agreement  tic swayback | 06/09/05
Unless it's the process that get's the patent  John Zern | 06/09/05
Don't fix what the garage tinkerer says ain't broke  DokMGB | 06/09/05
Cui bono: this is supposed to FIX problems?  skeptic-2 | 06/10/05
Fix the problem and the PTO income too  jezter~ | 06/10/05
There should be NO patents on software ideas  WiredGuy | 06/10/05
the cards are still marked, the game is still fixed  dmennie | 06/10/05
RE: A fix for a broken patent system?  sw@... | 08/27/08

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