- From: Omar Eljumaily <omar@omnicode.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 15:26:38 -0700 (PDT)
- To: Kevin Gross <kgross@centra.net>
- Cc: burchard@cs.princeton.edu, www-talk@w3.org, www-vrml list <www-vrml@wired.com>
On Mon, 21 Aug 1995, Kevin Gross wrote: > At 04:43 PM 8/21/95 -0400, Paul Burchard wrote: > >Can anyone here advise on the procedure for forwarding > >counterevidence against a pending patent (like Pei's and Simon's > >below) to the right people at the US Patent and Trademark Office? > > Not strictly necessary. You may forward any such prior art to the > people or company who have filed the patent application. They are > required to bring it to the attention of the PTO. > Yes, but does anybody know of a way to contact the specific PTO people involved? This thing sounds like patents for XOR operators and such. I know very little about patents, but I don't think you can patent something that's obvious, which the above is. The PTO needs to know. They've patented crazier things.
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