I believe that here in the USA if anyone wants to make & sell voice activated WCs, and that art, concept, or use was published more than 12 months prior to their pat.application date then they simply lose the ability to stop you from selling it and or claiming fees for that particular function. Overseas it's an instant loss of the idea to who ever applys first in that country on ideas (non stolen) that are anywhere in public realm publications. Ken Williams wrote: > I only have a laymen understanding of patent law but after reading the 3rd > paragraph I was disturbed. To me it seems that Xybernaut has patented > a wearable computer the is hands free (voice operated) and remote devices > linked to it. I can't believe that Xybernaut invented that. Would people > using voice-only wearables be violating the patent? > I think that the Prof. Mann, MIT students and others invented these devices > years ago. What about MIT's NomadicRadio > (http://www.media.mit.edu/~nitin/NomadicRadio/) or other projects? > > Ken > > Taken from http://www.wearablecomputer.com/xybr120998.htm > FAIRFAX, Va., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Xybernaut Corporation (Nasdaq: > XYBR), the leader in wearable computing, has been granted U.S. Patent > 5,844,824 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, its broadest > patent to be issued so far, significantly strengthening its intellectual property > (IP) portfolio and bringing to nine the number of patents it has been issued to > date in the U.S., with another 12 granted worldwide, it was announced today > by Edward G. Newman, Xybernaut's President and Chief Executive Officer. > > Said Mr. Newman: "This patent, which is based upon a parent patent > application that was filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1995, > not only broadly encompasses present Xybernaut® products but also > discloses and claims many potential future Xybernaut products. We consider > this patent to be one of the very significant patents in Xybernaut's present and > extensive worldwide patent portfolio." > > The patent, issued December 1, 1998, covers the claims for a hands-free > portable computer system which does not rely upon a keyboard input or > activation apparatus but rather has various activation means, all of which are > hands-free. The system can be used with other systems, other system > components and communication apparatus. The patent also addresses various > components of the present system that can be body worn or placed in remote > locations if desired. > see http://www.wearablecomputer.com/xybr120998.htm for the rest > > -- > Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to> Wear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.ml.org tris -- ÐÏࡱá -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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