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Go, look at those Lodsys patents from a few days back...descriptions uselessly vague | 1347 comments | Create New Account

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Go, look at those Lodsys patents from a few days back...descriptions uselessly vague

Authored by: rcsteiner on Tuesday, June 12 2012 @ 02:56 PM EDT

I suspect the OP means that they are uselessly vague to someone who is
attempting to implement the patented invention in question, using the patent
language in question as the primary basis for that reimplementation.

A patent which describes a "method for conveying a small human on a muscle
powered vehicle comprised of a seat, two pedals, metal tubular handlebars, and
three wheels" is not presenting enough information in the patent for
someone to accurately build a tricycle.

You might be able to get there, with trial and error, but you would in essence
have to reinvent the tricycle independently yourself in order to do so.

Some of the few software patents I myself have attempted to read seem to be very
similar. They present information in such a generalized and obfuscated way that
its usefulness to someone skilled in the art of programming is questionable.

---
-Rich Steiner >>>---> Mableton, GA USA
The Theorem Theorem: If If, Then Then.

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Go, look at those Lodsys patents from a few days back...descriptions uselessly vague - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 18 2012 @ 09:19 AM EDT

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