Re: Patents: What they are. What they aren't. Other factors.

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From: Arthur Rubin
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 20:03

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In <1992Nov12.073625.3616@netcom.com> mcgregor@netcom.com (Scott Mcgregor) writes:

>Yes, it is clear that it is in the inventor's best interest to claim
>as much as possible, and sometimes the PTO allows too much and the
                          ^^^^^^^^^ usually
>courts must restrict the coverage later. I think that if something
        ^^^^ should, but usually don't in software.
>could be done to improve this situation it ought to be.  I note that
>this would benefit clarity in ALL patent cases, software has by no
>means any kind of monopoly in overly broad patents.


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