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This is not a patent. It is an application for a patent. The claims may be rejected during the application examination process, for example, if the examiner d
by _rpd 8y ago
This is not a patent. It is an application for a patent. The claims may be rejected during the application examination process, for example, if the examiner determines that the claims are obvious in light of the prior art.
- paulie_a 8y agoLet's be honest, the patent will be granted. Patents are easy to get. Then everyone else ignores the vast majority of them in the real world.
- _rpd 8y agoIt depends on the art unit processing the application[0]. If your application is classified as a 'software-related business method', your chances drop dramatically. [0] http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2015/05/21/hardest-easiest-art-units/id=57864/ http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2015/05/21/hardest-easiest-art-uni...
- Lionsion 8y ago> Let's be honest, the patent will be granted. Is there any kind of public comment period where the patent's claims to novelty could be disputed? I feel like a lot of the worst patents may be granted because no one else was watching. You might even be able to find prior art someplace you don't expect, like some sociology academic paper.
- aqme28 8y agoI'm not if it's at all effective, but Stack Exchange has a product for that https://patents.stackexchange.com/ https://patents.stackexchange.com/
- 3pt14159 8y agoThat was once true about software patents, but it's no longer true. I've seen some legitimately interesting / intellectually surprising software patents get denied not because they weren't novel or industrially useful, but because they lacked an inventive step. Inventive steps are hard to come by if math isn't patentable and the fundamental principles of software creation aren't really changing.
- bitwize 8y agoEven if it gets granted, there's prior art. The big TV and movie analytics firms have been extrapolating socioeconomic data from viewing patterns since at least the early 2000s
- sandov 8y agoHow money does it cost to apply for a patent?. Because if the cost is negligible, then an exploit would be to flood the patent system with dumb patent application until one of them is accepted. Hell, maybe a machine learning algorithm could be trained to produce trillions of gibberish pdf files, until one of them makes sense, then you can claim the invention.
- ada1981 8y agoMy patent cost about $10k all in. I filed the provisional application myself; then I found an investor who bankrolled hiring a lawyer. I recently did not renew the patent and have allowed it go into the public domain.
- Retra 8y agoThe patent system requires people to review the patents before they are accepted. Overloading patent reviewers with garbage patents isn't going to do you any favors. It'd be a bit like DDOS'ing yourself...