Re: patent on computer screen advertising

In Message Thu, 21 Apr 1994 05:31:14 -0400,   Terry Carroll <TCARROLL[_at_]SCUACC.SCU.EDU> writes:
>
> What really surprises me about this patent is that it appears to be
> that of a garage "inventor" working pro se. I can understand an
> experienced patent agent somehow sliding it by the PTO, but two guys
> on there own? Sheesh. It's like "Home Alone," where the inexperienced
> kid beats the experienced burglars at their own game!
>
> (I suspect it's a pro se garage "inventor" because there is no
> attorney/agent of record in the Lexis entry, nor an assignee-at-issue.)

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The fact that the above patent was allowed doesn't surprise. As a former patent attorney, it was always my experience that you can convince the patent office to allow a patent on almost anything. This is especially true in the hi-tech area. I have often thought with enought persistence you could get a patent on air!!

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