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What I've never been able to figure out... | 152 comments | Create New Account
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What I've never been able to figure out...
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 25 2013 @ 03:59 PM EST
That's the "preferred embodiment".

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What I've never been able to figure out...
Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, February 25 2013 @ 05:55 PM EST
That used to be a requirement - a working model. It got
dropped due to storage space considerations. Maybe they
should bring it back - but storage at the patent holder's
location. For the length of the patent, it must be
available to anyone who asks to see it, to include the
USPTO. That includes demonstration that it works.

For software in a patent, a reference implementation (source
code) MUST be provided with the patent. Said implementation
shall be considered Public Domain code. In addition, a
working binary version must be included, along with a build
environment. The binary version shall also be considered
PD. USPTO will build the source code provided and verify it
matches the binary version provided.

The reason for the PD - nothing should be protected by both
Patent and Copyright. If you want Patent protection, you
MUST give up Copyright protection.

jjs (not logged in)

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