David More <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Tim, > > Shows how good a lawyer in am - NOT. > > My point remains - some one has goofed allowing a patent according to a > Catherine Rees of > the Australian Patent Office - saying they can't see novelty and an > inventive step. This > means it fails on 2 out of 3 criteria at least (the other is industrial > applicability). > > They quote a range of prior art so to the totally simple minded this is > an open and shut > case..but clearly its more difficult than that. I read all this to say > the international > patent is denied - but maybe its still OK in Australia - unless previous > international > patents exist..no idea on that. > > Maybe some one who is full bottle on all this should e-mail > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask > them just how one finds out the status / or what it is.
I asked IP Australia previously how I would know when the patent application would enter the period of opposition, and the answer was "Read the weekly (or is it fortnightly) IP Australia gazette and keep an eye out for notices relating to it." The gazettes are available online as 150-200 page PDF files. Go for it! As I said, the entire system is designed with those applying for patents in mind, not those wishing to oppose applications for patents, despite the latter often being in the public interest. Tim C _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
