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I completely agree. We can argue all day long about whether or not things like software patents are good. But I think the very minimum bar to file a patent shou
by silverlight 14y ago
I completely agree. We can argue all day long about whether or not things like software patents are good. But I think the very minimum bar to file a patent should be "we actually made a prototype of this that does what we're claiming."
- Cakez0r 14y agoAt the very least, it's perfectly reasonable to expect schematics for how a prototype could be built.
- acgourley 14y agoIt is supposed to be good enough that someone "skilled in the art" could build it after reading the patent.
- akiselev 14y agoThe problem is that when they say "wireless" what they mean is that they enumerated every possible wireless tech and probably any future tech. With WiFi alone a tablet that is using the tablet equivalent of OnLive is possible.
- chrischen 14y agoThat probably means that the concepts you describe have to be common knowledge to those skilled in the art... basically a commodity. But what is described in this patent is unfeasible and whoever discovers the implementation could be only one of few who could do it.