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Re: [LUG] Patent lunacy

 

Neil Williams wrote:
> However, check out claim 9, as Clive said on IRC, for the patent
> attorney to include it in the first place is cunning; for the inventor
> to miss it is careless and embarassing for them; but for the attorney
> to leave it in when filing is just broken. However the clincher is that
> for the patent clerk to have passed this just indicates how little care
> is taken and how one can probably get just anything patented if it’s
> hidden in the midst of a load of legalese.
Some people clearly just turn up so they can get paid, not so they can 
put in quality work. The attorney needs his head read, preferably with a 
heavy blunt object, while the patent clerk needs to be shown the door 
with the advice 'don't let it hit your bum on the way out!'

Kind regards,

Julian

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