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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 01 2012 @ 04:05 AM EST |
Yes but this is hardware. Merely mentioning the idea in a science fiction book
doesn't count for hardware. You have to have an explicit design for a device
that actually works. Else Heinlein would also hold patents on starship warp
engines, time machines, mecha (starship troopers), etc, etc.
This is quite different from software patents where it seems that you can get a
patent for the idea by itself with no implementation. In that case science
fiction serves as perfectly good prior art since science fiction mentions the
idea and the idea is pretty much all that you find in the patent.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 01 2012 @ 04:14 AM EST |
How on Earth can Apple get a patent for an, as yet, speculative device??
A patent on an idea without a working model is insane.
Dear Apple. Go spend millions of Dollars and oodles of time. Come up with a
device that actually works. And THEN apply for a patent. Otherwise, piss off.
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- Watch the language! - Authored by: Ian Al on Sunday, December 02 2012 @ 02:22 AM EST
- Ouch! - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 02 2012 @ 06:27 AM EST
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 01 2012 @ 05:10 AM EST |
This patent apparently covers, as another said, what Tesla proposed
a hundred years ago. It's about charging every capable and
recognized device within range. Meanwhile everybody else has
been charging whatever they want "wirelessly" on a charger mat,
and I've been spitting in the direction of Cupertino every time
I swap out the batteries in my Magic Mouse, yeah three years
they must have been raking in the kickbacks from battery vendors.
My feature requests for a mouse and charger mat set have been
unacknowledged.
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 01 2012 @ 09:23 AM EST |
Used it to light lamps. There's lots of history and usage since then. Got a dog
with a microchip or a modern passport, for example? Prior art all over the
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 01 2012 @ 02:16 PM EST |
Once again everyone forgets the 'just as before but on
a...' clause.besides, havent there been lots of other
companies and universities working on this? Have any
other patents been filed for this in the last few years?
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 01 2012 @ 04:28 PM EST |
| I've owned electric toothbrushes with wireless charging for at least 20 years. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 01 2012 @ 10:59 PM EST |
I floss my teeth with tiny squirts of air and water from a tiny little handheld
thing
( http://www.usa.philips.com/c/airfloss/287417/cat/en/ ). Its internal battery
is charged, completely wireless, when it is placed in a small stand (connected
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- Not really - Authored by: kg on Sunday, December 02 2012 @ 01:29 AM EST
- Oh, I see! - Authored by: Ian Al on Sunday, December 02 2012 @ 02:42 AM EST
- Yup - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 02 2012 @ 04:12 AM EST
- Oh, I see! - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 02 2012 @ 11:25 AM EST
- Not really - Authored by: JamesK on Sunday, December 02 2012 @ 08:29 AM EST
- Not really - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 02 2012 @ 01:32 PM EST
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 02 2012 @ 03:26 PM EST |
RFID chips are powered by magnetic induction, and some are computing devices
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