Thanks, Ken. )
As for original post, the patentability of software/methods is currently in a state of great flux in the U.S. and elsewhere, so people will need to wait and see what happens in the future. . . .
Sure, in Europe, besides the current "generic" non patentability of software
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the method/description would not be patentable IMHO because. as mscotgrove hinted, the patent seems about "data carving", which is not really "news".
Given your "translation", would this mean that once the patent is issued, noone can use anymore data carving techniques without using the program?
(or has to pay a fee for making use of the patent?)
jaclaz
I have no idea re the specific patent or what it covers. I was just answering a question about which I actually knew something. (It was a document request from opposing counsel that brought me to this forum for information in the first place!) And as for patentability of software, well, hold on to your hats. . . . .. New Zealand just said NO!
Patenting software has little to do with novelty (or usefulness).
It mostly has to do with implied legal threat.
I have no idea re the specific patent or what it covers……
as for patentability of software, well, hold on to your hats. . . . .. New Zealand just said NO!
Good for NZ, it does seem a dubious concept in some respects.
Finding the details of patent applications is simple -
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H