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| KE5FX:
--- Quote from: JohnnyMalaria on February 17, 2021, 03:26:58 pm --- The examiner would certainly find this example and argue that the idea of replacing physically connected feedback components with optical ones is obvious. That's the death of your application. --- End quote --- In reality, the examiner will rubber-stamp the application and let the courts sort it out (see below.) The patent office runs open-loop, with no incentive whatsoever to vet the claims, argue endlessly with applicants, or to perform anything more than the most cursory prior art search. That may have been how it once worked, but all you have to do is look at some of the patents being granted nowadays to understand that a minimum of QA effort is being expended. In their defense, the examiners would probably plead overwork. I'm sure the USPTO is managed and funded about as well as most Federal agencies. None of this lameness started with Trump, but it certainly didn't end with him either. --- Quote ---EDIT 2: I recently just finished giving testimony as an expert witness in a patent litigation trial related to semiconductors. Each side has spent at least $10M. --- End quote --- We're in the wrong business, all right... |
| SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: mawyatt on February 17, 2021, 04:51:20 pm ---Also, do not exclude anyone that contributed to the concept, and do not include anyone that did not contribute. Both of these will cause the patent to be nullified. A large international company I was employed with long ago included department heads and managers on patents to help themselves have a better looking "portfolio", well this action nullified the patents!! --- End quote --- That's interesting to know. I've seen that quite a few times as well... |
| mawyatt:
--- Quote from: flowib on February 17, 2021, 10:10:01 pm ---I'm going through a rough time personally, the jobs i can get don't match my capabilities. And my capabilities don't match the jobs i really want. --- End quote --- Hang in there, you'll find something that fits your skills and that you like. Remember you can only be really good at things you like, so you'll find something that will allow you to shine ;) --- Quote ---If you think it is interesting anyway, il post some schematics for folks to shoot at and perhaps make it open source. --- End quote --- If you feel comfortable showing the schematics this will help with feedback on your concepts from the folks here. Knowledgable engineers that truely understand analog/RF and semiconductors are not common these days since younger folks have been lured to the Dark Side (Digital) :o So good luck and hang in there, things will work out ;) Best, |
| mawyatt:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on February 18, 2021, 12:25:22 am --- --- Quote from: mawyatt on February 17, 2021, 04:51:20 pm ---Also, do not exclude anyone that contributed to the concept, and do not include anyone that did not contribute. Both of these will cause the patent to be nullified. A large international company I was employed with long ago included department heads and managers on patents to help themselves have a better looking "portfolio", well this action nullified the patents!! --- End quote --- That's interesting to know. I've seen that quite a few times as well... --- End quote --- This was from a company that should have known better since they had won a long ~10 year battle on the auto-focus technology used in cameras, eventually collecting likely ~$1B total in awards (triple damages award) and royalities. Lucky for them the invention was not diluted by additions or exclusions!! Best, |
| mawyatt:
--- Quote from: KE5FX on February 17, 2021, 11:20:13 pm --- --- Quote ---EDIT 2: I recently just finished giving testimony as an expert witness in a patent litigation trial related to semiconductors. Each side has spent at least $10M. --- End quote --- We're in the wrong business, all right... --- End quote --- That's for sure!! Legal fees are indeed ridiculous, but unfortunately I believe here in US we have the highest % of lawyers per capita and with the lack of value added in the long term this becomes a burden on overall creativity and productivity :( Best, |
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