Wow. This goes to show you how easy it is to overestimate what you know - my patent experience is all about translating stuff from German (or French) into Engl

Wow. This goes to show you how easy it is to overestimate what you know - my patent experience is all about translating stuff from German (or French) into English, so now that I think about it, all the appeal documentation I've ever seen has been before the European patent appeals court. The thought of defending a patent in front of a "jury of your peers" is frankly something I never even thought of. The insidiousness of ignorance...