As a matter of urgency - could we please have the details of how to contact
the United States Patent Office regarding patent applications. It would be
*most* useful if the people on this list who know of prior art and
obviousness "proofs" could get in touch with that office immediately the
patent application is lodged.
Slainte,
JohnP.
johnp(_at_)idimo(_dot_)com
ICQ 313355492
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anne P. Mitchell, Esq." <amitchell(_at_)isipp(_dot_)com>
To: "IETF MARID WG" <ietf-mxcomp(_at_)imc(_dot_)org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: DEPLOY: Prior Art for Sender-ID (was Re: DEPLOY: SPF/Sender ID
support in Courier.)
IMHO, in light of the possible prior art, it may be very probably that
the potential patent application is invalid or will not approved.
Therefore, it might be feasible to ignore the IPR claim all together
and
preceed with approval of Sender-ID.
Oh dear.
Never, *ever* make the mistake of thinking that a patent application
will not be approved because of prior art.
You'd be stunned at the things which are granted patents where the
prior art seems *so* obvious to anyone who knows (and that is a key -
the guys at the USPTO can't know everything, and it is not their job to
know everything).
Right now the MO at the USPTO seems to be "approve everything, and let
them sort it out in the courts".
Anne