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I'm sure they've used some unique combination, treatment and application of those materials to create this effect.
by kondro 14y ago
I'm sure they've used some unique combination, treatment and application of those materials to create this effect.
- hej 14y agoThat’s not the point. If you patent it, you make that process public. That’s the intention behind patents. They were supposed to give inventors an incentive to publish how their inventions work while still protecting them.
- rurounijones 14y agoWhich is exactly what the patent is supposed to describe, in detail. Take X, Do Y, Add special sauce Z. We have patented this method biatches, no touchies.
- starwed 14y agoThe point of a patent is that you must disclose the method in return for a limited monopoly. It's to encourage the sharing of techniques!
- mechanical_fish 14y agoSo it is. Go find their patents and read them. Deduce what you can. The spokesman is under no obligation, legal or otherwise, to make this easier than necessary. That is how the game is played. Nor is he a lawyer, or foolish enough to issue an off-the-cuff statement that undercuts the work of the actual team that has crafted the wording of the patents.
- starwed 14y agoOk, but why are you replying to me about this? I was trying to address kondro's obvious confusion about mikeknoop's point, not pass judgement on anyone in the article.
- roc 14y agoWhen a patent is granted, or 18 months after its filing, it's published. Until that time there's no obligation to disclose and no attorney would ever advise it. If the USPTO should rule it not patentable, it could still be a very valuable trade secret.
- Tsagadai 14y agoGiven the number of patents in existence at the moment and the complex wording, if someone didn't tell you what something was called you probably wouldn't be able to find their patent. Security through obscurity.