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I'm adamantly against software patents, however, when it comes to chemistry patents, I know it's not a rubber stamp process. It can take a couple years to get a
by bzalasky 13y ago
I'm adamantly against software patents, however, when it comes to chemistry patents, I know it's not a rubber stamp process. It can take a couple years to get a patent, and lots of patents are rejected. A lot of the process involves the examiner stripping out claims that are invalid (the parties seeking the patents generally want them to be broader than they really should be).
- danielweber 13y agoI've seen software patents get both rejected and approved. It is by no means a rubber-stamp process.
- delackner 13y agoAs holder of a US patent on a purely software "invention" (aka, some game I wrote) I can categorically state that the only way it could have been granted was that it was rubber stamped because it is just a lot of talk about the algorithms I wrote, executed on a portable game system.
- hdevalence 13y agoOut of curiosity, why did you get the patent?
- delackner 13y agoCEO loved the idea of getting a patent because he thought it would make us look impressive and it would defend us in advance if someone else made a similar thing and tried to attack us with their own BS patent. Makes me sad when i consider the comparison with my grandfather's multiple rounds of back and forth with the PTO fighting to finally get a patent on a mechanical device. Comparitively yes, they rubber stamp software patents because they clearly dont understand the art. They kind of understand more traditional (aka real) inventions.