Craig R. Autio wrote:
>
> The patent number should be 6,043,695, issued March 2000, filed in 1998.  If
> I recall correctly, it was the reverse insertion of an N-channel Mosfet in
> the low side of the load.  I found this patent interesting about a year ago
> or so and we examined it thoroughly.  I also discovered 2 issuances of prior
> art, much greater than the one year prior to filing.


Probably one of those many American patents that the
rest of the world laughs at. Rushing down to the
patent office and patenting something first doesn't
give ANY rights where moral issues say otherwise.

It's as distasteful as that whole ambulance chaser/
Ally Mcbeal US lawyer crud that seems to be taking
over modern life. Just because you CAN get away with
something on paper and later profit in the courts
DOES NOT mean that you should.

And I won't even start on American patents of things
that have been common for years in many other
countries, but didn't have a US PATENT yet...
-Roman

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