tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665971923360779136.post3525013905641791453..comments2024-03-25T10:31:40.979+00:00Comments on Tufty the Cat: G 1/15 (partial priority) - a postscriptTufty the Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09803006996232662500noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665971923360779136.post-10079810947989977612017-09-14T07:12:31.736+00:002017-09-14T07:12:31.736+00:00Now that's dedication for you.Now that's dedication for you.Tufty the Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803006996232662500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665971923360779136.post-55692412802484727482017-09-11T15:14:29.182+00:002017-09-11T15:14:29.182+00:00"even though the patent finally expired in Ju..."even though the patent finally expired in June 2015"<br /><br />Even more depressing (or mildly amusing, depending on your point of view) is that the attorney representing the Patentee is the very same one who filed the application in October 1998 in the first place...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665971923360779136.post-39533147987554594792017-09-06T12:47:00.388+00:002017-09-06T12:47:00.388+00:00Oh dear lord. There is something rather wrong wit...Oh dear lord. There is something rather wrong with a system that doesn't finish the patent application and grant process until after it expires. <br /><br />Earlier this year, I represented an opponent in respect of a patent that had taken 11 years to reach grant, and then spent 3 years before the Opposition Division and 3 years before the Board of Appeal - 17 years in total. Three weeks before the Appeal hearing, the Patentee filed a new set of claims that raised new issues of patentability as they introduced subject-matter that had not been searched or considered before the ED, OD or BofA. Never mind, said the Patentee, we can just remit to the OD... thankfully the Board declined to allow the requests in and revoked the patent. patentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602962323262055007noreply@blogger.com