Ask Patents Weekly Newsletter - Friday, November 28, 2014

Greatest hits from previous weeks: Online Dating - Identifying Nearby, Compatible Users (Zoosk) - Patent Application - PRIOR ART REQUEST AN OVERBROAD PATENT FOR ONLINE DATING - This application from Zoosk seeks to patent the idea of finding other people who are nearby and compatible with you online! 10 minutes of your time can help ... [prior-art-request] [pre-grant] [us20130145288] [online-dating] [zoosk]   asked by Micah Siegel 4 votes answered by Anyonymous Guest 3 votes Should I patent my idea before posting it on the internet? Should I patent my idea before posting it on public internet forums? Could someone who sees my post beat me to it? [patentability]   asked by Just Curious 20 votes answered by bta 16 votes Scaling based on pixel density (Microsoft) - Patent Application - PRIOR ART REQUEST This Patent Application has received a final rejection by the US Patent Office. The rejection was based in part on prior art found by Ask Patents community below! The main reference cited by the ... [prior-art-request] [pre-grant] [microsoft] [rejected] [us20130063492]   asked by PHOSITA 49 votes answered by Joel Spolsky 69 votes Prior art for US patent application 20140196008 'IMMUTABLE OBJECT TYPES' http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2014/0196008.html At least some embodiments described herein relate to a language extension that advances safety in system programming. In accordance with the ... [prior-art-request] [pre-grant] [us20140196008]   asked by guest 22 votes answered by LeoSolaris 14 votes Prior art for linked list (secondary and tertiary traversal)? This is the first I've heard of this patent for linked lists and traversals filed in 2002. Note that the claim is not a patent on a linked list itself (discussion on Hacker News), but apparently on a ... [prior-art-request] [software] [data-processing-database] [us7028023]   asked by Michael Pryor 36 votes answered by Gilles 35 votes How do I know if a patent is pending or granted? How do I get the current status of this patent: Publication number WO2006064303 A1 Publication type Application Application number PCT/IB2004/004129 Publication date Jun 22, 2006 Filing date ... [post-grant]   asked by gpuguy 1 vote answered by George White 3 votes How long are patents valid? As an independent software programmer it is very tricky and time consuming to understand these patents. I would say it is impossible for me. Do software patents have a lifetime? If they do, it would ... [patent-lifetime]   asked by user61664 23 votes answered by Dennis Crouch 18 votes

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