Re: The patent process [Was Re: Sharing the Family PC is Patent-Pending]

[Alun]

hes@unity.ncsu.edu (Henry E Schaffer) wrote in
news:c890f1$335$1@hes01.unity.ncsu.edu: 

> In article <Xns94E6741B54989elektrosmdonet@130.133.1.4>,
> Alun  <elektros@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> ..
>>I don't think the conclusions follow from the premises in that. I think
>>most of us who are patent professionals agree that the reason that bad 
>>software patents issue is that the examiners mostly look at existing 
>>patents for prior art. Since software wasn't always patentable, it is a
>>given that most really basic ideas won't be found in their search, and
>>so they are then compelled to allow the patent.
>>  ...
> 
>   Problems of this sort have been known since the start of issuance of
> software patents.  A Univ. of Michigan faculty member (now emeritus)
> Bernie Galler has had a long history of working on these problems.
> Search on his name to find more information - also see www.spi.org

I mentioned the SPI databse somewhere in the thread.