Comments for Obvipat http://www.obvipat.com The blog for inventors, in-house counsel, & entrepreneurs. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:25:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on Patents as Drivers for Invention: Why the America Invents Act is Improperly Named by Leonard Heyman http://www.obvipat.com/2011/12/patents-as-drivers-for-invention-why-the-america-invents-act-is-improperly-named/comment-page-1/#comment-1036 Leonard Heyman Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:25:23 +0000 http://www.obvipat.com/?p=1498#comment-1036 Regarding your Opinion piece in ACC, I have a few thoughts. The first thing that came to mind is, yes, patents are intended to protect profits. Patents were not intended to protect basic research performed by scientists studying far-off technologies such as fusion. Given that we have yet to see a commercially feasible fusion reactor, I'd say your physicist's senior management was quite correct in choosing not to patent their discovery in the 70s. Even if they attempted such, it was probably not patentable anyway without being able to provide an enabling disclosure. As a patent attorney, I'm sure you understand this. It's hard to imagine how patents impact innovation and commerce since it requires imagining a world without patents. However, Thomas Jefferson lived in such a world, and was in fact very skeptical of patents. I currently work in the software industry, and many people in this field regard patents with a great deal of skepticism, which is reminiscent of what Thomas Jefferson said as an inventor, before taking on the role of the first patent examiner in the United States. His statements opposing exclusive rights to intellectual property are well known and often quoted. Example: http://movingtofreedom.org/2006/10/06/thomas-jefferson-on-patents-and-freedom-of-ideas/ But the truth is, after being in the role of the first examiner for some time, Thomas Jefferson reversed himself, and supported the patent system because he came to appreciate the power of the incentive to innovate brought by patents, stating patents have "given a spring to invention beyond his conception." http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/patents Something to think about. Regarding your Opinion piece in ACC, I have a few thoughts. The first thing that came to mind is, yes, patents are intended to protect profits. Patents were not intended to protect basic research performed by scientists studying far-off technologies such as fusion. Given that we have yet to see a commercially feasible fusion reactor, I’d say your physicist’s senior management was quite correct in choosing not to patent their discovery in the 70s. Even if they attempted such, it was probably not patentable anyway without being able to provide an enabling disclosure. As a patent attorney, I’m sure you understand this.

It’s hard to imagine how patents impact innovation and commerce since it requires imagining a world without patents. However, Thomas Jefferson lived in such a world, and was in fact very skeptical of patents. I currently work in the software industry, and many people in this field regard patents with a great deal of skepticism, which is reminiscent of what Thomas Jefferson said as an inventor, before taking on the role of the first patent examiner in the United States. His statements opposing exclusive rights to intellectual property are well known and often quoted. Example: http://movingtofreedom.org/2006/10/06/thomas-jefferson-on-patents-and-freedom-of-ideas/

But the truth is, after being in the role of the first examiner for some time, Thomas Jefferson reversed himself, and supported the patent system because he came to appreciate the power of the incentive to innovate brought by patents, stating patents have “given a spring to invention beyond his conception.” http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/patents

Something to think about.

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]]> Comment on CAFC Weekly: November 12, 2010 by Orlando Lopez http://www.obvipat.com/2010/11/cafc-weekly-november-12-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-798 Orlando Lopez Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:33:32 +0000 http://www.obvipat.com/?p=1150#comment-798 Thank you for your kind words. We will continue to strive for useful reporting. Thank you for your kind words. We will continue to strive for useful reporting.

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]]> Comment on CAFC Weekly: November 12, 2010 by John http://www.obvipat.com/2010/11/cafc-weekly-november-12-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-373 John Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:24:41 +0000 http://www.obvipat.com/?p=1150#comment-373 Speaking of OCR, here is a good article which compares the various OCR software: http://ocrworld.com/software/5-in-depth/149-top-ocr-software.html Speaking of OCR, here is a good article which compares the various OCR software: http://ocrworld.com/software/5-in-depth/149-top-ocr-software.html

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The 12 and 24 piece pattern is quite common in my country, probably for these reasons.

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