Re: Re: question about patents the do the same thing

Posted by ktpr on November 03, 2003 at 08:53:02:

In Reply to: Re: question about patents the do the same thing posted by M. Arthur Auslander on November 03, 2003 at 08:07:17:

Okay, I've done some reading and I see that infringement is held if the *claims* for both patents are same. Basically, I'm wonder how "doctrine of equivalence" applies to the below case:

My situation is that my idea differs with a current pending patent on two claims. I will be explicit w/o revealing anything about my idea:

The pending patent and my idea differ substantively on I) method of data storage and II) method of transmission and receiving. That is, a difference of two claims, which are explicit in the pending patent.

So now my questions:

The above claims concern a patent which is PENDING.

A) How does this affect my chances of being granted a patent? You know, prior art/"doctrine of equivalence" and all that.

B) Does another similar patent pending hurt my chances of being able to license/sell a patent?

Again thanks for you time. I'd love to get more than one opinion on this.

cheers
ktpr

Follow Ups:

• Re: Re: Re: question about patents the do the same thing M. Arthur Auslander 16:53:33 11/03/03 (7)
  • Re: Re: Re: Re: question about patents the do the same thing dave 17:45:05 11/14/03 (0)
  • Re: Re: Re: Re: question about patents the do the same thing ktpr 17:43:51 11/03/03 (5)
    • Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: question about patents the do the same thing Z 15:58:32 11/05/03 (1)
      • Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: question about patents the do the same thing M. Arthur Auslander 07:28:30 11/06/03 (0)
    • Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: question about patents the do the same thing M. Arthur Auslander 20:29:22 11/04/03 (2)
      • Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: question about patents the do the same thing ktpr 14:49:07 11/06/03 (1)
        • Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: question about patents the do the same thing James Ivey 17:31:44 11/10/03 (0)

Post a Followup