Re: CK Patent 6967448

Victor Roberts wrote:
>
> On 25 Nov 2005 22:43:11 -0800, "rgbphil"
> <philip_pulle@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Hi All,
> >If this is in the wrong group....just send me on my way with directions
> >please :)
> >>From the news briefs at www.ledmagazine.com I saw a notice that CK has
> >a new patent granted 25 October 2005....
> >http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6967448.WKU.&OS=PN/6967448&RS=PN/6967448
> >Am I right in reading this, they've got a patent on flashing one of
> >their RGB lights to indicate that a pattern or parameter has been
> >changed?......ummm how is this patentable?
> >rgbphil
>
> This patent has a longer list of references than I have ever
> seen in a US Patent. If I had nothing better to do (or if
> someone was paying me my usual consulting fee) it would be
> interesting to read each of the references to see what they
> cover. However, I think the real issue is not that the ideas
> claimed in this patent may have been patented before, but
> that those ideas may have been used for many years and are
> therefore in the public domain. The list of references,
> however long, does not address the issue of prior use. It
> will be interesting to see what happens if this patent is
> challenged.

What will happen is that some poor sucker will have to burn through a
few hundred thousand dollars (minimum) of attorneys fees to defend
themselves.

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