USPTO Rules Fogent JPEG Patent Invalid

fistfullast33l writes "Groklaw has reported that the USPTO has ruled the broadest claims of the JPEG Patent held by Fogent to be invalid. PUBPAT, the organization that requested the review, released the news earlier today. According to PJ, the ruling will be hard to overturn as the 'submitters knew about the prior art but failed to tell the USPTO about it.'"

USPTO

[TheMeuge]

These days you could probably get a patent for a "process of expelling excess gas generated by metabolic processing of protein and accumulated in the large intestine and colon."

Re:Good

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, it seems like they had a good picture of the situation.

Re:USPTO

[Rob T Firefly]

I'm going to sue you for giving away the trade secret behind my hit product, Fermented Aerial Rectal Taints.

Re:USPTO - Even More

[Nom du Keyboard]

These days you could probably get a patent for a "process of expelling excess gas generated by metabolic processing of protein and accumulated in the large intestine and colon."

Especially if you promote it as a new Energy Source.

Heck, you can probably get VC funding for it as well.

Strategic Error

[Trails]

What they should have done is patent "Web 2.0"....

News headlines!

[Gavin Rogers]

US Patent office makes competent ruling! News at 11!

Crap...

[Duncan3]

I just burned all my JPEGs...

Re:USPTO

[Anonymous Coward]

No, prior fart. (Or posterior art?)

Re:Good

[Golias]

So, would you say this represents a lossy day for Fogent, since such a harsh judgment has now been rendered?

Thanks folks. I'm here all week. Try the veal.

Re:USPTO - Even More

[lazarusdishwasher]

After we convert our cars to run on this new energy source will there be a public outcry each time the price of a slider goes up at whitecastle?

Re:Hard to overturn but...Not Enough!

[MooUK]

I really don't think I want to know how a handjob would be punishment.

Re:USPTO

[mickwd]

No probably about it. [uspto.gov]

Re:USPTO - Even More

[Kadin2048]

Stands for Venture Capital or Venture Capitalists. Though similar in practice to the Southeast Asian guerillas of the same name, these are native mostly to California.

Having worked with a few, I can understand the confusion.

Re:USPTO - Even More

[dubl-u]

Stands for Venture Capital or Venture Capitalists. Though similar in practice to the Southeast Asian guerillas of the same name, these are native mostly to California.

I think that's a completely inappropriate and insensitive comparison. One group acted in a completely vicious and amoral fashion: causing great suffering, imprisoning people for years, and acting with a callous disregard for human life. Whereas the other group was just a bunch of communists rebels.