On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 01:25:35PM -0600, Jason R. Mastaler wrote: >From what I can tell, the TMDA-like patent has not actually been >issued yet. Rather, it's still in the application process. > >i.e, it doesn't show up in the ``Issued Patents'' database at >http://www.uspto.gov/patft/, but only under ``Patent Applications''. > >I believe this will make it much easier to invalidate. I'll see what >I can do.
My next door neighbor is a patent attorney. We've had a few discussions about the evils of patent law. I'll ask him the following: 1) What needs to be done in order to submit "prior art" for the PTO on a pending patent. 2) How can we confirm whether a patent has or has not been issued. Are there any other questions that I ought to ask? I think he'll be willing to talk to me about this, although probably not in any official Cheers, - Mark _____________________________________________ tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users
