Re: HTC patent application for Joerg's Y-cable?

2010-06-07 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
Em 07-06-2010 16:00, Al Johnson escreveu: > As Joerg says, I don't think it should be worthy of a patent. Unfortunately > courts in the US have been progressively lowering the obviousness bar to the > point where it's patentable unless someone has explicitly described it > already > before the

Re: HTC patent application for Joerg's Y-cable?

2010-06-07 Thread Al Johnson
On Monday 07 June 2010, Jose Luis Perez Diez wrote: > A Dilluns 07 Juny 2010 12:34:31, Patryk Benderz va escriure: > > Dnia 2010-06-05, sob o godzinie 13:08 +0100, Al Johnson pisze: > > > It hasn't been granted yet, and the Y-cable was around before it was > > > filed, but perhaps not by long enoug

Re: HTC patent application for Joerg's Y-cable?

2010-06-07 Thread Jose Luis Perez Diez
A Dilluns 07 Juny 2010 12:34:31, Patryk Benderz va escriure: > Dnia 2010-06-05, sob o godzinie 13:08 +0100, Al Johnson pisze: > > It hasn't been granted yet, and the Y-cable was around before it was > > filed, but perhaps not by long enough. > > [cut] > Should we be afraid of this patent? > Is it

Re: HTC patent application for Joerg's Y-cable?

2010-06-07 Thread Patryk Benderz
Dnia 2010-06-05, sob o godzinie 13:08 +0100, Al Johnson pisze: > It hasn't been granted yet, and the Y-cable was around before it was filed, > but perhaps not by long enough. [cut] Should we be afraid of this patent? Is it used in FR? -- Patryk "LeadMan" Benderz Linux Registered User #377521 ()

HTC patent application for Joerg's Y-cable?

2010-06-05 Thread Al Johnson
It hasn't been granted yet, and the Y-cable was around before it was filed, but perhaps not by long enough. http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph- Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220100077121%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20100077121&RS=DN/20100077121