On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 00:56 -0600, LuKreme wrote:
> On Jul 15, 2009, at 3:25 AM, Bernd Petrovitsch <be...@firmix.at> wrote:
> > What could be new in "spam filtering" as such in 2003?
>
> The Patent Office is manned by monkeys. Worse, they are ignorant
More than 99% of each patent is old. The question is: Which "feature" of
the patent is actually (considered) "new" (by the patent examiners).
And reading the patent by "people skilled in the art" is out of question
- they are written in a foreign language (which actually violates the
"patents must be published" rule of patents BTW). Yes, the "patent
industry" (PTOs, attorneys, trolls, ...) sees (and defines) it
different. But most people know the power about secret and special
languages (like e.g. using Latin in churches in the middle ages) ...
Don't get me started about the so-called "examination".
> monkeys. Have you seen the patent on swinging? Yes, as in the
> playground/backyard swing.
So what? Business method patents are an even more crazy idea then
software patents/CIIs.
Bernd
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