I'm seeing way too many of you who have no idea how the patent system works and what is considered prior art.
35 U.S.C. 102(b). If the invention claimed has been in public use more than one year prior to the patent being filed, a statutory bar exists. No patent rights can be obtained for it.
"Prior Art" is anything that existed before the date of invention. It doesn't really matter in this case since a statutory bar exists. However, if this application is a continuation of a previously filed application, then the statutory bar may not exist. The way the intro is worded suggests it's a brand new app so this shouldn't be the case
This is my first post here, but I just had to comment.
EMISSIONS. EMISSIONS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS.
Efficiency of a car is a balance between how much you're willing to pollute the atmosphere and how much fuel you want to use for every mile.
The higher temperature the fuel hits as its burning up in the cylinders, the nastier stuff that starts to get released into the atmosphere. Nitrogen starts to become more reactive at these temperatures and you get some compounds that can do some pretty serious environmental damage.
Sure, these cars might have gotten good gas mileage for their time, but I'd be willing to bet they never would have passed an emissions test. If we didn't have these emissions restrictions and environmental concerns, we'd have a much larger limit on where we could be at today.
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I'm seeing way too many of you who have no idea how the patent system works and what is considered prior art. 35 U.S.C. 102(b). If the invention claimed has been in public use more than one year prior to the patent being filed, a statutory bar exists. No patent rights can be obtained for it. "Prior Art" is anything that existed before the date of invention. It doesn't really matter in this case since a statutory bar exists. However, if this application is a continuation of a previously filed application, then the statutory bar may not exist. The way the intro is worded suggests it's a brand new app so this shouldn't be the case
This is my first post here, but I just had to comment. EMISSIONS. EMISSIONS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS. Efficiency of a car is a balance between how much you're willing to pollute the atmosphere and how much fuel you want to use for every mile. The higher temperature the fuel hits as its burning up in the cylinders, the nastier stuff that starts to get released into the atmosphere. Nitrogen starts to become more reactive at these temperatures and you get some compounds that can do some pretty serious environmental damage. Sure, these cars might have gotten good gas mileage for their time, but I'd be willing to bet they never would have passed an emissions test. If we didn't have these emissions restrictions and environmental concerns, we'd have a much larger limit on where we could be at today.