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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by nitwit005 on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @07:47PM (#39985507)
> So this isn't one of those cases of a patent attorney taking over an existing invention/company.

That's also not what the person you're responding to was arguing.

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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by vinay427 on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @08:03PM (#39985590)
Not the person you replied to, but reading the line below in the GP comment, I assumed the founder was exclusively a patent attorney with no product-relevant background. The GP certainly didn’t argue that, as you said, and perhaps I was alone in my confusion but characterizing someone as a “patent attorney” while leaving out relevant academic qualifications seems unclear, at best.

> SawStop was started by patent attorney Steve Gass

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