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Re: PC or Mac?
In article <020220021410118606%gwestonREMOVE@CAPSattbi.com>,
Greg Weston <gwestonREMOVE@CAPSattbi.com> wrote:
>
>art can be documented. In practice, the USPTO has some failings in
>their understanding of computers. I believe it has been largely
>corrected, but for an excessive amount of time the PTO required
>examiners to have a degree with the word "engineer" in it. Most people
>qualified to examine a software patent application in the U.S. have no
>such degree - it's just "computer science" or similar. As a result, the
>PTO granted a number of truly stupid patents, many of which have not
>been overturned because no-one has the chutzpah and money to challenge
>them.
There's still junk patents being put out by the bale-full.
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Matthew T. Russotto mrussotto@speakeasy.net
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