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JaseP

Dec 19, 2011
11:22 AM EST 		After reading the abstracts, I can't believe there isn't prior art all over these patents ... So incredibly un-novel of an idea, I have a hard time believing the implementation is novel ... Granted, I've only read the abstracts, ... but jeez...
rahulsundaram

Dec 19, 2011
11:03 PM EST 		Reading only the abstracts is not useful at all to determine unique claims in a patent filing. You have to ignore the abstract. Not saying this patent claim has any validity but your approach isn't effective.
gus3

Dec 19, 2011
11:30 PM EST 		Obviousness?

If the abstract lays out the patent's intention is proving that 1+1=2, then the claims are immaterial.

Oh, that's right...all software is reducible to 1+1=2. Woops!
rahulsundaram

Dec 20, 2011
8:24 AM EST 		You would think so but in fact what the abstract says is immaterial. Always read the claims.
gus3

Dec 20, 2011
9:01 AM EST 		In software patents, the purpose of the claims is to bamboozle the examiners and frighten the public into not doing anything without their corporate masters' permission.

Such as adding 1 and 1.

Because that's all they're doing, if they're doing it with a computer.

Any claim otherwise is obfuscation, on par with redefining pi as 3.0.

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