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Long term, maybe. Short term, I think this has a bigger impact since even if method parents were invalidated, people could still scare tactic sue you with an in
by swsieber 9y ago
Long term, maybe. Short term, I think this has a bigger impact since even if method parents were invalidated, people could still scare tactic sue you with an invalid patent.
- ww520 9y agoIt's just a matter of educating people. That case was only dated to 2005. Most people probably don't know the implication. Once the simple test of system+method detection is applied, a large swap of BS patents can be thrown out at the first sight.
- rhino369 9y agoMost patents use "operable to" or "configured to" to get around mixed apparatus/method claim prohibition.