Patent?

[Jeff Andros]

On 1/10/07, David Schlesinger <David.Schlesinger at palmsource.com> wrote:
>
>  Steve said that they'd _applied_ for patents. Patents in process are
> generally not visible through the uspto.gov site.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org on behalf of Christopher Heiny
> Sent: Wed 1/10/2007 7:44 AM
> To: community at lists.openmoko.org
> Subject: Re: Patent?
>
> One patent that Apple may be referring to is described here:
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> http://www.macsimumnews.com/index.php/archive/apple_files_patent_for_wireless_ipod_with_ringtones_micro_browser
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>
> But the article doesn't say whether it was granted or still in the
> application process.
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> And then there's this one:
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> http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=20060268528.PGNR.&OS=DN/20060268528RS=DN/20060268528
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> As I understand it, even if the patent hasn't been granted, it's still in
force.  One of our screwy USPTO loopholes says they can put "patent pending"
on whatever it is, then screw around with the patent office... you can
double or triple the time your patent is effective if you've got lawyers who
are good at stalling


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Jeff
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