The US changed over to the rest-of-world patent system, where patent
applications are public for a period before grant, precisely to get
input from the entire technical community.
The granted patent (8270465) would be hard to overturn at this point.
As for the patent application (2012/0082008), one can file comments
against a patent application pointing out prior art and suggesting
that something being claimed is in fact obvious to those skilled in
the art. For prior art, one points out existing patents and
published articles. Simple assertions are not sufficient. The
Patent Office will then consider all prior art received when deciding
to grant or to deny a patent.
Joe Gwinn
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