Thursday, November 12, 2009

The Horse Whisperers

What can one say about the 11/9 oral hearings at the US Supreme Court in the matter of Bilski v. Kappos?

Were they just joking or is this the way they actually think? Only time will tell.

Bilski hearing transcript (as text)

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Friday, September 4, 2009

The 3-liner the USPTO doesn't want you to know about

On rehearing the Board stated that Buff’s wire 48 is a “transverse member” and not a "wire leg", and therefore that it [the member] need not have a displacing offset [as required by the claims]. Mr. Skvorecz states, and we agree, that Buff’s wire 48 is a "leg" of the Buff [prior art] structure. The Board’s contrary statement is unsupported by any evidence. In Re Skvorecz, (Fed. Cir. Sept 3, 2009)