On 19 Aug 2008 08:54:08 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thompson, Steve) wrote: > >Not surprised, HORRIFIED! > >I've seen a patent granted that OBVIOUSLY violated an existing patent. A >patent that was filed years after GA products (yes, PLURAL) were already >doing what the claimant said they had discovered.
I'm trying to figure out how to use computers in this function of the patent office. It would have to know how to find software patent ideas under a different name, to look at graphics, and use foreign databases. Someday computers will be able to do that task, but possibly not until after patents have outlived their usefulness. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
