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I seem to remember that the SpiRobs paper behind the (extremely neat) tentacle mechanism indicated that they were going for a patent.
by regularfry 1y ago
I seem to remember that the SpiRobs paper behind the (extremely neat) tentacle mechanism indicated that they were going for a patent.
- lukeinator42 1y agoIf it's described in a paper doesn't that make it prior art though?
- blamestross 1y agoNot if it is the authors of the paper filing for the patent. Otherwise people would never publish papers.
- varispeed 1y agoThis always grinds my gears. For some people "discoveries" are so obvious, they don't bother writing a paper let alone patenting it. Then someone goes and patents it...
- dotancohen 1y agoExamples?
- varispeed 1y agohttps://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/ppubsbasic.html https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/ppubsbasic.ht... Have a look. For instance in the search box enter "categories".
- dotancohen 1y ago> Search results > Results for query "(Categories).pn." > No records found
- varispeed 1y agoI am sorry for not being precise. You should enter "Categories" in "For" input. (in the "Or" section)
- jameshart 1y agoPatents are intended to be the form of first public disclosure of an idea. Disclosing it before patenting it can prevent the patent application being valid. US has a 1 year grace period. In most countries, any public disclosure makes an idea unpatentable. https://outlierpatentattorneys.com/patent-public-disclosure https://outlierpatentattorneys.com/patent-public-disclosure
- ethan_smith 1y agoThe SpiRobs team did file a patent (US20210170594A1) for their pneumatic continuum robots in 2019, which was published in 2021 but appears to still be pending approval.