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Mistakes Found in 98% of US Patents
Artem Tashkinov writes to tell us The Register is reporting that almost every US patent contains at least one mistake. The findings from a recent look by Itellevate, a firm that offers support services to intellectual property lawyers, claim that most of these errors are trivial but approximately 2 percent of the patents examined had errors that weakened the core claims of the patent itself.
What's a trivial, and where can I get one?
Is it like a tribble?
98% of patents are mistakenly granted too!
In other breaking news, Jimmy Hoffa was found today on a park bench clutching a newspaper whose headline read "Sun found to be hot!" and "Sky really is blue!".
Patents..wrong..who would've thunk it?
"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." - Tennyson
Whoa, you mean people actually read patents?
I find it absolutely impossible to believe that people are incapable of writing a single sentance without making a mistake.
Did you also know that 98% of Slashdot summaries have errors??
really? I thought all of them had!
(the above line is a joke. If you don't get it, feel free to "-1, troll" away.)
My other account has mod points.
Patent Number : US6123456 : 12/23/2003 : System and method for providing exsellent spelchecking.
Issue Date
Patent Title
It would be only ~5% with all the dupes!
"Intellevate has developed proprietary tools that automate part of the proofreading process and has built a team of legal assistants in India who are thoroughly trained and specialise in proofreading services," said Steinberg
Um... ever tried to deal with a Dell or Symantec issue? Are you really trying to spin Indian support as a good thing? My word...
Space vehicle propelled by the pressure of inflationary vacuum state
Abstract
A space vehicle propelled by the pressure of inflationary vacuum state is provided comprising a hollow superconductive shield, an inner shield, a power source, a support structure, upper and lower means for generating an electromagnetic field, and a flux modulation controller. A cooled hollow superconductive shield is energized by an electromagnetic field resulting in the quantized vortices of lattice ions projecting a gravitomagnetic field that forms a spacetime curvature anomaly outside the space vehicle. The spacetime curvature imbalance, the spacetime curvature being the same as gravity, provides for the space vehicle's propulsion. The space vehicle, surrounded by the spacetime anomaly, may move at a speed approaching the light-speed characteristic for the modified locale.
The author is one Boris Volfson. Is that like a cool-ass name for a mad scientist or what? You can almost picture it: "Yes, Mister Bond, it is I, Dr. Boris Volfson, your old nemesis. Do not attempt to reach for your pistol- yes, I can see it quite clearly as one of my eyes has been replaced with an X-ray sensor. At any rate, it would be futile as my rib cage and cranium are reinforced with titanium plating."
... patent swinging on a swing.
Does this mean I can become a licensed swinger?
So then all that has to be done when a patent is questioned is to run it through a spell-checker. If it contains perfect spelling then we can assume the patent is groundless in various ways and should come under further scrutiny. If it's riddled with spelling errors then it can be assumed that all other due dilligence has been done and the patent should stand.
Can I patent that?
>if you cant figure out how to write patnet your self,or are to lazy, u don't deserve it
QED.
There are at least nine spelling, grammar, and punctuation mistakes in the quoted sentence.
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