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Re: Patent Spam (was Re: US Patent 6,687,897)

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• Subject: Re: Patent Spam (was Re: US Patent 6,687,897)
• From: ari@c... (K. Ari Krupnikov)
• Date: 20 Feb 2004 15:31:56 -0800
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David Megginson <dmeggin@a...> writes:

> Michael Kay wrote:
> 
> > The US Patent Office is clearly not applying stringent enough criteria.
> > What I would like to know is, is it a conspiracy (protectionism for the
> > US software industry, jobs for the lawyers), or is it just incompetence?
> 
> It's likely overwork.

> It seems unlikely that the staff at the USPTO can do more than give
> each application a cursory glance

A kind of DDoS attack?

Ari.

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  • Patent Spam (was Re: US Patent 6,687,897)
    • From: David Megginson <dmeggin@a...>

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