"T.S. Lim" wrote:
> To follow up my previous inquiry about patenting a statistical
> innovation, I'm listing several patents granted by the US Patent and
> Trademark Office. All patents involve statistical algorithms (as far
> as I can tell) and some computer programs. Details can be found by
> searching the corresponding patent number at
>
> http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
>
> ===
Some of those people mentioned are in the business of selling their
"unique" methods. I won't mention names, but at least one sells his
services to the business community. Of course, I know that the things he
is selling, he did not develop. He wrote a computer program to do a very
common procedure, where he did some of the developement. I and others
did some of the development too.
I think that it is more a con game than a patent process for much of that
stuff.
For myself, ever since I found out that Amazon is trying to patent using
a mouse to shop online, I have stopped using Amazon for shopping.
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