Interesting new US patent from a Chinese company

[Qiaozhi]

Enjoy!

[ivconic]

Enjoy!

[Nupi]

Beautiful glasses.

To see the ID numbers?

Why?

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[Davor]

Well my friend, that's the way a patent gets busted. Now Loubet may shove his wireless patent deep where it belongs.
Every improvement upon an existing patent is patentable, and it obsoletes the previous patent. As simple as that.

[Teleno]

Well my friend, that's the way a patent gets busted. Now Loubet may shove his wireless patent deep where it belongs.
Every improvement upon an existing patent is patentable, and it obsoletes the previous patent. As simple as that.

An improvement gives you the right to market the technical features of the improvement, but it does not confer rights over unexpired patented prior art.

[SVEN1]

They are the company behind the Deteknix Quest
http://www.deteknix.com/

http://checkpoint-security.en.alibaba.com/productgrouplist-50268407-2/Hand_Held_Metal_Detectors.html?isGallery=Y

[Carl-NC]

Not sure how you can patent something already in widespread use (Google Glass) but Minelab did something similar with data transfer (US7310586). And OKM is already selling a detector with wireless heads-up display support.

[ivconic]

Not sure how you can patent something already in widespread use (Google Glass) but Minelab did something similar with data transfer (US7310586). And OKM is already selling a detector with wireless heads-up display support.

Certainly you can't.
But usually real truth is lost somewhere in "translations"....
For example; BT .
If you write your own protocol apart from original one; i guess you could patent it as it is.
On the other side; trying to put a patent on "BT connection" as it is, is impossible, of course.
Devil is in details...

[Teleno]

Not sure how you can patent something already in widespread use (Google Glass) but Minelab did something similar with data transfer (US7310586). And OKM is already selling a detector with wireless heads-up display support.

In the good old days patent offices did a thorough prior art search before examining a patent application for novelty and inventiveness. Today, patent offices have become a mere source of income for corrupted/bankrupted states. Examiners are coerced into delivering one "product" per day or else. Such is the actual language used internally. Experts are being "retired" early and replaced by young examiners with a lower pay and trained to be "efficient". As a consequence, patents are no longer strong as a service to the public and the industry. In an attempt to cover up the drop in quality, patent offices came up with "quality certification programs", mere formal requirements to keep appearances in front of the public. The end result of delivering worthless patents is more money spent lawyers and courts, where the actual merit of a patent ends up being assessed.

[Davor]

An improvement gives you the right to market the technical features of the improvement, but it does not confer rights over unexpired patented prior art.

In today state of the art, you may only brag with such "unexpired" patent, but we know its worth is only the paper it is printed on.
Now the Chinese are in the lead.
IMHO this is a far better solution when you have something new, and already have production ready for rolling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_publication

[Qiaozhi]

In today state of the art, you may only brag with such "unexpired" patent, but we know its worth is only the paper it is printed on.
Now the Chinese are in the lead.
IMHO this is a far better solution when you have something new, and already have production ready for rolling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_publication

The idea of defensive publication is (in the situation where you have a novel idea, but don't have the money to patent, or just don't want the hassle of doing so) to publicly disclosure the full details. Otherwise someone may independently come up with the same idea, and apply for a patent. If you've never disclosed your idea (even though it may be identical) it's basically your loss, because the "first to patent" rule applies. By disclosing everything, no-one else is able to successfully apply for a patent due to the prior art of your public disclosure.

[Koala]

patent from a Chinese company. Why did they bother. They never bother with anyone else