2 Oct
2010
2 Oct
'10
12:50 p.m.
Chuck wrote:
It's hard to believe that the approach used in the
Sun patent hadn't
been used commercially before. That's what I meant by "prior art".
In patent-speak, what you mean is that you're surpised that there isn't
some earlier commercial development which qualifies as prior art to
invalidate the Sun claims. The Sun patent can only be prior art for
things that come after it.
Eric