Remember this varies with national legislation. In the UK there is AFAIK no 1 year grace period; public disclosure instantly renders the invention unpatentable.
On Sunday 02 December 2007, Clayton Jones wrote: > Just a quick note based on all the patent research i've done: > Any disclosure in a public forum, whether limited in distribution or > not, is considered "public disclosure". As a matter of fact, telling > anyone your idea (other than the people who are co-inventors) is > considered "public disclosure". > However, that does NOT preclude you from filing a patent - all it does > is limit the amount of time you have to file a patent. > Once public disclosure is made, you have 1 year to file an application > with the US Patent office. After that, it's considered that you've > given up any rights to patent. > > However, in practical terms it's more difficult to prove original > invention once disclosure is made unles you keep a detailed, dated > notebook (in ink). > > On Dec 1, 2007 12:23 PM, Gabriel Ambuehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Saturday 01 December 2007 08:34:08 GWMobile wrote: > > > I don't think discussing this here would be considered an open > > > disclosure. > > > Talking on a finite list or limited membership with moderation and thus > > > controlled membership is not necessarily open disclosure and not the > > > same as a public printing therefore I think it would still be > > > patentable. > > > > You are aware that most mailing lists are archived and indexed by Google, > > aren't you? > > > > By every sane meaning of "public", this is public. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenMoko community mailing list > > community@lists.openmoko.org > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community