Comments on: Further proof that the US patent system is totally broken: http://blog.xcski.com/2006/05/04/further-proof-that-the-us-patent-system-is-totally-broken Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:34:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Rants and Revelations » One of these days I’ll learn to take a compliment http://blog.xcski.com/2006/05/04/further-proof-that-the-us-patent-system-is-totally-broken#comment-12527 Rants and Revelations » One of these days I’ll learn to take a compliment Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:05:15 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2006/05/04/further-proof-that-the-us-patent-system-is-totally-broken#comment-12527 [...] It was the typical boring monthly meeting - announcing all the anniversaries and stuff. But then they started handing out these enormous plaques to people who’d recently gotten patents. I’ve seen these plaques on people’s desks before, but I’ve never seen them handed out. And I’ve only ever seen them on pretty senior people’s desks. I wasn’t expecting one - my patent was awarded months and months ago, and besides I’m a lowly contractor. But I got one, and it had little tags for both of my patents. My boss, Dave, got one as well, with the same two tags. [...] [...] It was the typical boring monthly meeting - announcing all the anniversaries and stuff. But then they started handing out these enormous plaques to people who’d recently gotten patents. I’ve seen these plaques on people’s desks before, but I’ve never seen them handed out. And I’ve only ever seen them on pretty senior people’s desks. I wasn’t expecting one - my patent was awarded months and months ago, and besides I’m a lowly contractor. But I got one, and it had little tags for both of my patents. My boss, Dave, got one as well, with the same two tags. [...]

]]> By: Frank Ch. Eigler http://blog.xcski.com/2006/05/04/further-proof-that-the-us-patent-system-is-totally-broken#comment-2698 Frank Ch. Eigler Fri, 05 May 2006 00:33:44 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2006/05/04/further-proof-that-the-us-patent-system-is-totally-broken#comment-2698 If the "invention" is owned by the company, it really matters little who is on the inventor list. Maybe it's a resume-padder, but how many enlightened employers look longingly on this kind of thing? I don't think the patent office cares whom exactly the applicants name, so it may not be fair to criticize "the system", rather than "the company", at least on that basis. If the “invention” is owned by the company, it really matters little who is on the inventor list. Maybe it’s a resume-padder, but how many enlightened employers look longingly on this kind of thing?

I don’t think the patent office cares whom exactly the applicants name, so it may not be fair to criticize “the system”, rather than “the company”, at least on that basis.

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