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A Brief History of the U.S. Patent Office
Darin’s Discussion on Eli Whitney, Part II.
Darin’s discussion on Eli Whitney.
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Darin’s discussion on How Life Could be Better.
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Darin’s discussion on The Patent Game.
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Fixing the RCE Backlog Problem
The frustration with the RCE backlog has finally gotten patent office attention. Here’s your chance to include your comments. http://www.uspto.gov/blog/director/entry/wanted_your_ideas_and_feedback. In think one major issue is that when you file an amendment and think you’ve clearly distinguished over the cited art, the examiner throws back a bogus 103 rejection and forces you to amend and file…
A Design Patent Doesn’t Cover a Chemical – More Half Truths on Shark Tank
This week on Shark Tank a company called BibbiTech (http://http://www.bibbitec.com) touted their high-tec baby bib. It’s made of a neoprene rubber with a non-stain fabric. I have to admit that the idea is a pretty good one, but the Shark’s didn’t bite. It was way to expensive and they had no business plan. The Sharks…
Patent Term Calculator
The patent office just posted this on their site. You can download it to your desktop and try it out.http://www.uspto.gov/patents/law/patent_term_calculator.jsp#heading-1 . Several years ago, we produced a similar program that works really well. However, one word of caution. You still need to review the file history and look at the exact language in terminal disclaimers and other quirky…
Mark Cuban Goes Off On Patents
The debate was all over the patent held by TEC (Technology Enabled Clothing). When the patent holder didn’t want to sell part of his business, but just license his patent, Mark Cuban lost it. In essence, he said that patents are a waste, they ruin a market and all they do is create uncertainty. While…