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Re: Apple II vs Atari 800
Rick Cortese wrote:
Michael J. Mahon wrote:
Rick Cortese wrote:
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There you have it--exactly as I was saying!
Obviously publication cannot preceed the *invention* (unless you were
perhaps publishing about a time machine ;-), but it can precede the
*patent application* by one year.
Are you just the kind of ego who can't admit when he is wrong? It could
be a problem with your reading comprehension but I seriously doubt you
bothered reading the post from US Patent Office.
You still don't know what a patent is. Ignorance is curable but I am
afraid you kind of stupidity is forever. Even when confronted with the
official US Patent office release on what can be patented, you still
persist.
I kind of want to ask just what makes you think that you know better
then a guy who spent 35 years in R&D, two patent lawyers with a combined
80 years of experience, and the official web page of the US Patent
Office but I am afraid you may answer.
I give you on you.
PLONK!
Rick
What you accuse me of seems to apply perfectly to yourself.
*You* try reading your quote again:
"In order for an invention to be patentable it must be new as defined in
the patent law, which provides that an invention cannot be patented if:
�(a) the invention was known or used by others in this country, or
patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign
country, before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent,� or
�(b) the invention was patented or described in a printed publication in
this or a foreign country or in public use or on sale in this country
more than one year prior to the application for patent in the United
States . . .�
In (a), publication may not occur "before the *invention* thereof",
*not* before the application.
In (b), publication, sale, etc. must not occur "more than one year
prior to the *application* for patent".
It's really not that hard.
-michael
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