David VanHorn wrote:
> I'm constantly amazed at what the patent office thinks is "not obvious to
> the skilled practitioner".  High power RF has been done this way since
> forever.

The US patent office has stated that they aren't even looking at
patents, as the person who patented the patent process has shown.

They are relying upon the courts to defend -- and vet -- patents now.
At most they do a simple keyword search.

--Michael

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