On 11/20/06, M Graff wrote: > 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. Do you have a source for that? Bill -- Psst... Hey, you... Buddy... Want a kitten? straycatblues.petfinder.org -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist