From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20130315181740.C14B3B834@mail.bitblocks.com> References: <43666446-4389-480B-B478-99A967F7A57A@bitblocks.com> <20130315174654.GA1764@intma.in> <20130315181740.C14B3B834@mail.bitblocks.com> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:32:48 +0000 Message-ID: From: Charles Forsyth To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d04462e7ada0e9004d7fc8a4d Subject: Re: [9fans] The PATENTED IBM MULTI-PIPE : the evolution of unix pipes Topicbox-Message-UUID: 2af1056c-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --f46d04462e7ada0e9004d7fc8a4d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 15 March 2013 18:17, Bakul Shah wrote: > I believe prior art does matter. Even with first-inventor-to-file instead of first-inventor, it does indeed require invention, hence the frequent interest in the degree and spread of prior art. Also, patents are much more precise things, with much more focus, than people commonly think; they are written in a formal language (despite appearances). --f46d04462e7ada0e9004d7fc8a4d Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

= On 15 March 2013 18:17, Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> w= rote:
I believe prior art does matter.

Even with first-inventor= -to-file instead of first-inventor, it does indeed require invention, hence= the frequent interest in the degree and spread of prior art.
Also, patents are much more precise things= , with much more focus, than people commonly think; they are written
<= div class=3D"gmail_extra" style>in a formal language (despite appearances).=
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