On Sat, 17 Apr 2010, Brian Hulley wrote:
see the patent 6,368,227. The search site is here: http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm Best regards. Jerzy Karczmarczuk ...
It's really almost not fair to cite that particular patent, since, if I recall the story correctly (I may be wrong in small detail, but I am sure of the general picture), that patent was filed by an attorney as a demonstration to his son how the system works. It was never filed as a serious patent. Yes, it may show how poorly the examiners are doing their job, but I think this particular patent really doesn't reflect on the poor service we are currently receiving from the entire patent system--I would like to think that the examiner knew perfectly well that this patent was not serious and was willing to play along. Murray Gross