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Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale

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Scott Dorsey wrote:
> hamilton  <hamilton@nothere.com> wrote:
>>
>> What was the patent examiner thinking !!
>>
>> He looked out his window, saw a bunch of cars with "lighted" license
>> plates, and said, they are not "Illuminated" license plate and
>> decided there was no prior art.
>
> That is the basic problem with the USPTO today.  There are huge
> numbers of patents coming in, and not a lot of money, so they hire
> some pretty clueless examiners.
>
> Consequently a whole lot of totally useless patents get approved, but
> once they get approved, they stay in the system.  We have now come to
> a time when just having a patent is not enough to be useful because a
> patent is no longer automatically presumed to be valid just because
> it was issued.
>
I think this trend is representative of a fundamentally different view of
the role of the USPTO. In the general "deregulate everything and let the
private sector sort it out" approach of Tea Farty legislators, infringements
will get sorted out in the courts, providing job protections for lawyers and
magistrates, but the "99 percenters" gets screwed once again.

-- 
Neil

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Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale Dude Whocares <ipisgold@gmail.com> - 2011-10-30 21:40 -0700
  Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale robert bristow-johnson <rbj@audioimagination.com> - 2011-10-31 01:38 -0400
    Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale Vladimir Vassilevsky <nospam@nowhere.com> - 2011-10-31 01:05 -0500
    Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale Vladimir Vassilevsky <nospam@nowhere.com> - 2011-10-31 01:05 -0500
    Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale "steveu" <steveu@n_o_s_p_a_m.coppice.org> - 2011-10-31 02:00 -0500
  Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale Regis <quelavor@netscape.net> - 2011-11-01 07:10 -0700
    Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale fatalist <simfidude@gmail.com> - 2011-11-01 08:20 -0700
      Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale Vladimir Vassilevsky <nospam@nowhere.com> - 2011-11-02 09:33 -0500
      Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale Regis <quelavor@netscape.net> - 2011-11-03 03:57 -0700
        Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale fatalist <simfidude@gmail.com> - 2011-11-03 07:57 -0700
  Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale brent <bulegoge@columbus.rr.com> - 2011-11-03 10:18 -0700
    Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale fatalist <simfidude@gmail.com> - 2011-11-03 11:29 -0700
      Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale brent <bulegoge@columbus.rr.com> - 2011-11-03 18:08 -0700
        Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale hamilton <hamilton@nothere.com> - 2011-11-03 22:30 -0600
          Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) - 2011-11-04 10:58 -0400
            Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale "Neil Gould" <neil@myplaceofwork.com> - 2011-11-04 10:09 -0500
            Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale Christopher Felton <cfelton@hidem.co> - 2011-11-04 10:20 -0500
            Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale Rick <richardcortese@gmail.com> - 2011-11-04 16:21 -0700
              Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale Regis <quelavor@netscape.net> - 2011-11-07 02:03 -0800
                Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale fatalist <simfidude@gmail.com> - 2011-11-07 06:40 -0800
                Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale Regis <quelavor@netscape.net> - 2011-11-08 07:37 -0800
                Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale fatalist <simfidude@gmail.com> - 2011-11-08 09:18 -0800
                Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale Regis <quelavor@netscape.net> - 2011-11-09 06:51 -0800
                Re: Fundamental DSP/speech processing patent for sale fatalist <simfidude@gmail.com> - 2011-11-09 07:16 -0800

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