Ask Patents Weekly Newsletter - Friday, October 31, 2014

Top new questions this week: Finding prior art rejects an independent claim Suppose I find a patent (A1) with claims 1, 2 and 3. Claim 2 is dependent from claim 1. If I find a prior reference that rejects claim 1. What happens with claim 2? Is still valid? Should they ... [law] [claims] [usa]   asked by Llopis 1 vote answered by Vikas 1 vote When a patent infringment litigation is considered frivolous? Where is the line telling that a litigation is basically a bullying tool for a patent holder? Accusing party is providing software patent infringement arguments that are laughable to one skilled in ... [patent-infringement] [software] [litigation] [frivolous]   asked by John 1 vote Is US 20130318346 A1 (Verizon) the patent currently used in adding X-UIDH to web traffic? US8832436, "Obtaining targeted services using a unique identification header (uidh)" states: store the unique identifier in the request to create a modified request; provide the modified request ... [us8832436]   asked by Riking 1 vote Greatest hits from previous weeks: Prior art for Apple's Magsafe Having read through the claims of Magsafe patent #7311526, I am not sure how it differs from previous examples of magnetic power connectors. What exactly is the novelty being claimed in that ... [patentability] [apple] [novelty] [us7311526]   asked by Jess 11 votes answered by vt. 9 votes Photography lighting (Amazon) - Issued Patent - PRIOR ART REQUEST sorry to ask this but unless I've missed something fundamental in that massively overly complicated and distracting description of a setup that, with probably small adjustments in lighting positions, ... [prior-art-request] [post-grant] [amazon] [us8676045]   asked by user8564 22 votes answered by Will Rutledge 9 votes CALL FOR PRIOR ART: Applying Cold Analgesic "Method and Composition for Treating Pain" (13/235947) This Patent Application received a non-final rejection by the US Patent Office! An initial rejection is part of the typical course of a patent application. Thanks to the YOU, the Ask Patents ... [prior-art-request] [rejected] [us20130072575]   asked by Micah Siegel 6 votes answered by Christopher Williams 3 votes Online Shopping - Network Sales System - Issued Patent - PRIOR ART REQUEST AN OVERBROAD PATENT ON NETWORK SALES SYSTEMS - This issued patent seeks to patent the idea of... using a computer to add items to a shopping cart! 10 minutes of your time can help narrow US patent ... [prior-art-request] [data-processing-financial] [post-grant] [computers-support] [us5715314]   asked by Stephanie 8 votes answered by Miles 4 votes

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