Back to the articleHuh? #
Posted Thursday 11th October 2007 07:10 GMT
How in the hell does anyone get a patent on de-duplication nowadays? Isn't that the cornerstone of every compression technique ever invented? Oh wait, this is the U.S. Nevermind.
Quantum sues Riverbed over de-dupe patent
Huh? #
Posted Thursday 11th October 2007 07:10 GMT
They patented a first-year computer science assignment problem and solution??
The USPTO really is the bottom of the barrel when it comes to actually reviewing patents, isn't it? Apply, get one. Pay no attention to the scads of prior art in front of the curtain.
Another patent that absolutely should never have been granted #
Posted Thursday 11th October 2007 10:12 GMT
It looks suspiciously like a form of CRC checking to me. People have been doing that for years and years and years and years.
Has the head of the USA patent office resigned yet as an admission of incompetence? If not, then its high time he was taken out and shot.
They will be trying to get a patent on the battle of trafalgar next.
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