rb@cci632.UUCP (Rex Ballard) (10/02/86)
In article <669@galbp.UUCP> philm@galbp.UUCP (Phillip Mathews) writes: >In article <> reese@kim.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Reese E. Faucette) writes: >>>>>> I hate to tell you folks, but Andy Bechtolsheim here at Sun has a patent >>>>>> (applied for and granted) on using the untranslated addresses as the >>>>>> RAS addresses and doing the MMU address translation before the column >>>>>> addresses are needed for CAS. >>>>> >>>>>How the hell can the patent office grant patents like this? [...] >>>>>the idea is too obvious. [...] > >There are two ways to get a patent in this country--invent something new >or hire a *GOOD* patent attorney--c.f patent #4488662 on which i am >listed as co-inventor. This patent is for a 7474 used to de-glitch >the wait/ready line of a Z80SIO. Pure b***s*** invented by the patent >attorney (the de-glitching was mine--tthe b***s*** is the patent attorney's) No, there is only one way to get a patent in this country -- Hire a *GOOD* patent attorney. Even if you invent something new, a bad attorney, or no attorney could cost you the patent. My great-great-grandfather lost several railroad patents to a bad attorney. As to being obvious, this does not mean the patent cannot be granted. The only requirement is that the idea be original. Paper clips, staples, and other "obvious" devices and processes have been patented at one time.