[Stoves] New US Patent law change

[Steve Taylor]

On 9 September 2011 17:55, <Carefreeland at aol.com> wrote:


>
>     What am I missing here? What happened to prior art being king? Let's
> just ditch the whole patent office or ignore it and the lawsuits that
> follow. This upgraded patent process does even more to kill the small
> inventors it was designed to protect.  AK -47's and hit men will take care
> of nasty infringement suits. Law of the jungle will prevail. Personally, I'm
> taking up axe and knife making and throwing, It's quieter ;-) .
>
>

Its the same, sane sensible system the rest of the world has used for many
years.
Here's a review I think helps clarify it.
http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/writings/ftof.shtml

ie. Shut up, until you file. If someone else files before you, well, that's
tough.

Steve
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