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Gene Quinn is apoplectic
Authored by: Balance on Friday, May 10 2013 @ 05:22 PM EDT
Ah, the gnashing of teeth, it is like castanets. Perhaps a flamenco would be in
order?

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Gene Quinn is apoplectic
Authored by: red floyd on Friday, May 10 2013 @ 05:27 PM EDT
While I shutter to think about the Supreme Court taking on a patent issue I think it is virtually inevitable in this case.
(Emphasis is mine.) Learn to proofread, Mr. Quinn.
How is the Patent Office supposed to process this decision?
By not issuing patents where it can be done with pen and paper, but merely faster with a computer.
How are patent examiners supposed to apply this monstrosity?
See directly above.
How are patent practitioners supposed to write patent applications covering these important innovations?
What innovations would those be? Don't write bogus patent applications.

There, now, that wasn't so hard, was it, Mr. Quinn?

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I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a *CITIZEN* of the United States of America.

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Quinn: "How is the Patent Office supposed to process this decision?"
Authored by: BJ on Friday, May 10 2013 @ 06:35 PM EDT
Maybe by defaulting to "DENIED" wrt. software?

bjd


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Gene,
Authored by: albert on Saturday, May 11 2013 @ 01:23 PM EDT
look upon it as a chance to find gainful employment.

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Gene Quinn is apoplectic
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, May 11 2013 @ 01:30 PM EDT
The tears are delicious. Here's Gene's evaluation of Alan Turing (emphasis mine):
I don’t think it is helpful to perpetuate the myth that all software can be done by a paper and pencil. That is simply false. I don’t care what supposedly great mathematician or computer scientists came up with that nonsense.

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A delicious read
Authored by: OpenSourceFTW on Saturday, May 11 2013 @ 05:03 PM EDT
This is what I heard while skimming his article:
http://nooooooooooooooo.com/

Th is is my reaction to reading PJ's article:
http://yeeeeeeeeeeeeeees.com/

Yes, I am excited.

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I think they are afraid of IBMs Watson
Authored by: jesse on Sunday, May 12 2013 @ 06:31 AM EDT
Though it may be only an undercurrent.

There is one entry that called my attention to it "These machines will soon
be smarter than us."

I can't otherwise put my finger on exactly why most refuse to recognize that the
abstraction called mathematics exist and is non-patentable.

One research application I wish IBM would look at is whether Watson could handle
the legal profession...

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