I'm posting as an admin.

This thread started poorly. One could almost say the original post -was-
trolling. And it's going even further downhill.

I could complain and whine about plenty of things that I find important
but I don't choose to do it on the Piclist.

Use the Piclist for what it is meant for - PICs and engineering.

Thanks,

Bob



On Sun, Jun 2, 2013, at 12:56 PM, YES NOPE9 wrote:
> The USPTO is *not* in the business of denying patents.  Like other
> government bureaucracies ...... they have made up their own rules as they
> go.  The USPTO would *not* like your suggestion HH .
> Gus
>=20
> > On Jun 2, 2013, at 1:06 PM, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
> >=20
> > Once again, This American Life has done an excellent program on patents=
..
> > The latest one, at
> > http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/496/when-patents=
-attackpart-two
> > describes how Carbonite got a patent invalidated by an apostrophe in on=
e
> > of the application documents.
> >=20
> > I STILL think the patent office should publish patents for public revie=
w,
> > then review the public comments before granting a patent. It's a lot
> > easier for hundreds or thousands of people to find prior art or comment=
 on
> > obviousness than for a lone patent examiner to do the same.
> >=20
> > Harold
> >=20

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