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Re:Vigilante engineer stops Waymo from patenting key lidar t... by adrianN on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @03:15AM (#18119417)
Maybe patents should come with a prototype.
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Re:Vigilante engineer stops Waymo from patenting key lidar t... by lbriner on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @05:00AM (#18119882)
Maybe your competitor finds out while you are trying to build the prototype, builds one more quickly and gets the patent before you!
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Re:Vigilante engineer stops Waymo from patenting key lidar t... by adrianN on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @05:16AM (#18119954)
I don't think it would be too hard to enable some kind of preliminary filing while still requiring a functional prototype.
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Re:Vigilante engineer stops Waymo from patenting key lidar t... by anticensor on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @11:35AM (#18122638)
This also fullfills the purpose as all parties are encouraged to innovate.
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