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It took 4 years for me to get any communication from the USPTO after I filed. I had a patent lawyer prepare the application and transmit it electronically. Ther
by ogou 2y ago
It took 4 years for me to get any communication from the USPTO after I filed. I had a patent lawyer prepare the application and transmit it electronically. There was a confirmation code of receipt and that was it. Nothing for 4 years and then an office action saying no. Ok, fine. One of the reasons offered was that there was a Chinese patent for something similar, owned by Bytedance. I read their patent and it is a huge word salad of a vast array of concepts, with very little application. When it comes to technology, I believe the whole America patent system is dominated by corporations and foreign players. Despite the new marketing of USPTO there is no way an independent inventor has a chance in this system.
- PaulRobinson 2y agoBecause patent specialists are experts at defining the widest possible scope for their idea, when I have reason to read a patent I find it a confusing word mess of noise, that does not have any meaningful interpretation until a case is argued in court, at which point the word salad is brought into the appropriate interpreted focus. I am not convinced an independent inventor is able to ever file a patent that can not be countered from another patent that had no intention to cover the inventor's use case when written, it's just a useful tool to protect the filer in any and all scenarios. Does anyone - except patent specialists who make their living from this - see value in the patent process at all any more? We're a long, long way from the original intent of the process these days, it seems.