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To: Rich Bloem who wrote (67880)	8/18/2007 8:07:08 AM
From: kyungha	Respond to of 197272

I have the same feeling. It just issued 2 months ago after filing in 2-2006. It did not take long. Is effective date 2-2006 of this patent?

To: Rich Bloem who wrote (67880)	8/18/2007 10:47:45 AM
From: rkral	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 197272

"For instance, the 761 patent was issued 2 months ago. Now common sense would tell you that if Q is actually using this method, it was either obvious or they also have a patent with a different description. One way or another, Q was practising this art many months and perhaps years before this patent was issued." I don't think that's the right way to look at it. For patents filed after 6/7/1995 utility patents expire 20 years from the filing date. IOW the "effective date" of the patent is most probably the filing date, not the issue date. Moreover, '761 is a continuation patent whose parent is U.S. Pat No. 7,031,687 with a 4/18/2001 filing date. "the more one thinks about this IPR hornets nest, you have to realize that something has to be do done at the USPO level. [...] There has to be something done to eliminate the never ending lawsuits. [...] It is time to get back to the idea that a patent has to be NOVEL. Not simply an obvious additive." No argument there, but equitable agreements by reasonable executives would help a lot too. "RKAL" I see that a lot. Must be some hagfish spell that makes the 2nd 'r' invisible. :-)