Google patent application US20140125810 "Low-profile lens array camera" by Sam D'Amico and Xiaoyu Miao presents an array camera designed to fit ultra-slim devices, such as Google Galss:
The good news is that no matter which patent you "get through", when push comes to shove, it will get tested in court. Only then will you know if the patent is worth the paper it's written on (and the filing fees)
And therein lies the rub - How do you beat an army of lawyers who file mountains of briefs? If you don't answer those briefs in a timely fashion you are considered non-responsive and run the very real risk of having your case thrown out. Not a very good system for protecting the inventor.
Given the number of prior arts, if this application goes through, there is something seriously wrong with the USPTO.
ReplyDeleteNo inventive step whatsoever. Google woke up late. Look at apple array patents. Real inventions.
ReplyDeleteCould you be so kind to provide links to the specific Apple patents in mind. I am curious to check those myself. Thanks in advance! :-)
DeleteHow about the Pelican patents? Not sure what the Google patent people are thinking....
ReplyDeleteThere were prior arts even before pelican imaging at some universities, but these days, you can just pay a lot and get any patent through.
ReplyDeleteThe good news is that no matter which patent you "get through", when push comes to shove, it will get tested in court. Only then will you know if the patent is worth the paper it's written on (and the filing fees)
ReplyDeleteThe bad news... same news.
And therein lies the rub - How do you beat an army of lawyers who file mountains of briefs? If you don't answer those briefs in a timely fashion you are considered non-responsive and run the very real risk of having your case thrown out. Not a very good system for protecting the inventor.
DeleteThe system is not to protect inventors. It is to protect the well funded and politically connected - the 1%.
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