"David Webber (XML)" <> wrote on Sun, March 13, 2005
10:02 pm
> Since the USPTO does not seem to ever read public specifications
> or open sourced licensed components - this would also give the
> USPTO a convenient means to check the un-invention
> registry on Kavi before taking the stupid step of issue one of
> their own software invention licenses.
I think a suitably indexed repository of standards-body developed prior
art as a reference tool for patent examiners, lawyers and judges is an
excellent suggestion.
John Messing
American Bar Association Representative to OASIS
Steering Committee member, LegalXML-OASIS
