Comment Read the claims (Score 1) 204
Just a couple of comments.
- This patent was actually originally filed on 8 Jan 1993 and there were two intermediately issued patents that should be considered also.
- Given the original priority date, to invalidate the patent with certitude, printed publications dated 8 Jan 1992 and earlier should be considered.
- To infringe each and every element of the claims would have to be performed.
- The method claims (e.g. 20) have 10 or so limitations with non-standard terminology so interpretation will require referring to the specification AND the prosecution history (publically available if you pay to have it copied from the patent office's files).
- The more broadly Konrad, et. al., wants the claim read, the more likely older technologies, e.g. FTP/X Windows itself/etc., might invalidate the patent.