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The MacroSolve patent[1][2] was requested in 2003 and granted in 2010: forms on devices that transmit data to web servers. The USPTO is broken. [1]http://foss
by alanthonyc 15y ago
The MacroSolve patent[1][2] was requested in 2003 and granted in 2010: forms on devices that transmit data to web servers.
The USPTO is broken.
[1]http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/05/worse-than-lodsys-macrosolves-sues.html http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/05/worse-than-lodsys-ma...
[2]http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,822,816.PN.&OS=PN/7,822,816&RS=PN/7,822,816 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sec...
- brlewis 15y agoIt is impossible to expect the USPTO to determine novelty and non-obviousness for software patents. Imagine how difficult it would be to examine mechanical engineering patents if millions of people carried machine shops around in their backpacks.