On Fri, 18 May 2001, Bob Meyer wrote:
> Because the patent office is full of idiots who don't
> understand technology that's how. But even here, it's
> the specific process that's patented. If a competitor
> could come up with a significantly different way of
> accomplishing the same goal, they could do it.
It depends entirely on how the claims are drafted and allowed. You can't
meaningfully discuss what a patent covers in the abstract. You have to
read and construe the claims of the particular patent.
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