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| − | + | Alappat applied for a patent on a particular method used in a particular kind of electronic instrument. The patent examiner rejected the application, the [[USPTO]]'s ''Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences'' (BPAI) then found in favour of the application and the case then went to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, where it is known as In re Alapatt. The Federal Court reversed the decision of the BPAI, denying the patent. | |
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| + | * [http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/In_re_Alappat In re Alapatt]: on the IT Law Wiki. | ||
| + | * [http://digital-law-online.info/cases/31PQ2D1545.htm In re Alapatt]: at Digital Law Online | ||
| + | * [http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/11/01/history-of-software-patents-iii-in-re-alappat/id=7059/ History of Software Patents III: In re Alappat] | ||
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Revision as of 07:24, 4 February 2010
In re Alappat, 33 F.3d 1526, 1543 is a 1994 of the USA's Federal Circuit court.
Alappat applied for a patent on a particular method used in a particular kind of electronic instrument. The patent examiner rejected the application, the USPTO's Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) then found in favour of the application and the case then went to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, where it is known as In re Alapatt. The Federal Court reversed the decision of the BPAI, denying the patent.
(Alappat is often misspelt Allapat or alapatt)
Excerpts
As cited by SAP in their amicus brief for the 2008 in re Bilski case:
- "[i]t is estimated that 85-90% of the world's technology is disclosed only in patent documents." (Newman, J., concurring)
Of course, using this quote when discussing software is disingenuous given the massive, complete, and freely reusable information disclosed by free software such as GNU/Linux, and given that many authorities have said of software patents that the disclosure is useless.
Related pages on ESP Wiki
External links
- In re Alapatt: on the IT Law Wiki.
- In re Alapatt: at Digital Law Online
- History of Software Patents III: In re Alappat
