[TowerTalk] Patentability

[Pat Barthelow]

	I thought that in order to recieve a patent, that the idea or
object must not have been in the public domain, and had to be non-obvious
to one trained in the art....


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On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Greg Gobleman wrote:

> 
> Just because something has been in use for years does not prevent someone
> from coming along and patenting it.  Unless someone else wishes to spend the
> money to prove otherwise, a patent may be issued.  If another business comes
> along later and attempts to make use of technology that was in existence
> before a patent was issued, it would be upon them to prove that and the
> money doing so may not be worth it.  It would be more cost effective to back
> off and find a work around.
> 
> 73
> Greg K9ZM
> 
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