- From: Bob Monsour <bob@bobmonsour.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:56:47 -0500
- To: public-web-plugins@w3.org
All, See the following story from oreillynet.com http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3969 Regards, -Bob Monsour P.S. Here's the relevant snippet from the story. Apparently, the PTO responded to this request, saying "a substantial outcry from a widespread segment of the affected industry has essentially raised a question of patentability." This order, issued on October 30, reviewed the claims and declared that the prior art introduced by Berners-Lee and Raggett raised "a substantial new question of patentabity." The order, signed by Steve Kunin, Deputy Commissioner of the US PTO, called for a reexamination of all claims relating to the '906 patent. A patent lawyer that I spoke to said that the quick response by the PTO was unusual, and he thought it was a good sign. He said that the order seemed to give a clear indication of support for the claims against the patent. We'll now have to wait for a patent examiner to examine the evidence in more detail and rule on the patent. If you want to follow the adminstrative procedures, go to http://pair.uspto.gov/cgi-bin/final/home.pl and the type in the application number: 90/006,831.
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