jonathon wrote: > Make the people applying for a patent _prove_ that their > patent is both unobvious, and not based upon prior art. >
The problem with that, is it's extremely difficult to prove a negative. For example, to prove it's not based on prior art, you'd have to know *ALL* prior art. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
