Re: USPTO does another goodie.

2013-02-21 Thread Don Williams
LOL -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 9:35 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: USPTO does another goodie. On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:52:40 -0600, Ron Wells

USPTO does another goodie.

2013-02-20 Thread John McKown
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1Sect2=HITOFFd=PALLp=1u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htmr=1f=Gl=50s1=8,380,676.PN.OS=PN/8,380,676RS=PN/8,380,676 quote Automatic deletion of temporary files *Abstract* Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products feature

Re: USPTO does another goodie.

2013-02-20 Thread Steve Conway
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 02/20/2013 08:27 AM Subject:USPTO does another goodie. Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1Sect2=HITOFFd=PALLp=1u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htmr=1f=Gl=50s1=8,380,676.PN.OS=PN/8,380,676RS

Re: USPTO does another goodie.

2013-02-20 Thread Ron Wells
I am going to pat. a gas tank ... From: John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 02/20/2013 07:26 AM Subject:USPTO does another goodie. Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi

Re: USPTO does another goodie.

2013-02-20 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:52:40 -0600, Ron Wells wrote: I am going to pat. a gas tank ... Method and apparatus for storing and transporting highly flammable liquids and delivering said liquids to an external apparatus with a mechanism to allow for the introduction of additional liquids to the

Re: USPTO does another goodie.

2013-02-20 Thread Mike Schwab
Prior work: OS/360 1964 (and successors) Expiration Date field. On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 7:46 AM, Steve Conway steve_con...@ao.uscourts.gov wrote: What an innovation - creating a file with an expiration date. ::smh:: I can't even pretend to be surprised... Steven F. Conway, CISSP -- Mike

Re: USPTO does another goodie.

2013-02-20 Thread Walt Farrell
On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:26:41 -0600, John McKown john.archie.mck...@gmail.com wrote: So, just put an expiration time as part of a file name and you can patent it? These people have their head where the sun don't shine. OK, maybe nobody else has done this _exact_ thing. But, really? Of course, in

Re: USPTO does another goodie.

2013-02-20 Thread John Gilmore
And there are situations in which such a network-oriented scheme is an excellent idea. I do have a quibble. I suspect that an implementation by figuring out the most recent modification date/time among all the chunks of the file, across all the relevant servers, and comparing that with the

Re: USPTO does another goodie.

2013-02-20 Thread John Gilmore
Steve, I think that I will instead treat IBM-MAIN as a species of disclosure journal. That way anyone who wants to circumvent a patent on the original notion will be able to use my public-domain one to do so. My idea is not of course a really new one. In the old days---I have no notion how