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Time for a quick reality check I think.
Every week, the UK Patent Office publishes an Official Journal which shows
the application numbers of UK patent applications received. The most recent edition of the Journal (published yesterday) shows details of
applications received with numbers in the range GB0408704.5 - GB0409278.9.
Consequently, I think it is safe to say that if there is a patent applicant
with the number referred to in the EE Times article (ie. GB0410047.5), it cannot
have been published (as an A-document) yet, and it certainly can't have been
granted already.
Judging by the filing dates of the applications that have been published in
yesterday's Journal, and assuming that the rate of filing remains fairly
consistent, it would appear that the application number in question would have
been allocated to an application filed within the last couple of weeks.
Not even the best Patent Office in the world could grant a patent in just a couple of weeks!
If there is an application with that number (and there is sure to be one
with that number at some stage, unless filings mysteriously dried up at the end
of April), then the applicant's name and the title of the application will be
officially published in the Journal in the next few weeks. However,
it will be some time (could be up to 18 months) before any such application would be due for A-publication. As for posting the claims, let's not forget that applicants are not required by law to file claims until up to 12
months after the filing date of their application (or the priority date if the
application seeks priority from an earlier application).
Hope this sheds a little light on the subject.
Steve
>>> "Charlie Gordon" <gmane@chqrlie.org> 27/05/2004 09:18:06 >>> Verum makes no reference to this or any patent on their website www.verum.com They mustn't be too proud of this feat... This patent seems to cover what Howe describes in his own pathetic words, as 'a mathematical solution' ! Voodoo is what they must have used to get the UK patent office to bend the rules ! It's what he plays on the media now, waving the patent certificate as proof of their brilliance. Hey! it worked with the UK patent agents, let's try the public now ! Can anyone post the claims so we can analyse them for real ? Search on the UK patent office at http://gb.espacenet.com/ doesn't return anything yet Charlie Gordon. "Gregory Aharonian" <srctran@world.std.com> wrote in message news:200405270243.i4R2h7AN010982@world.std.com... > > A UK startup is seeking patent protection for a new technology tool they > are developing. I hope they make lots of money doing so. > Greg Aharonian > > > Verum gains patent for software design methodology > By Colin Holland, EETimes UK, 26 May 2004 > www.eetuk.com > > LONDON - Verum Consultants, the European start-up focussed on reducing > errors in software, has been awarded patent protection in 170 countries > for its Analytical Software Design (ASD) process. > > Verum believes that the patent is groundbreaking as it is extremely rare > for a software methodology to be granted patent protection. Typically > patent agents regard software as an art form and intellectual property > protection is limited to copyright. > > Robert Howe, CEO at Verum, said, "The granting of patent protection to > Verum's Analytical Software Design (ASD) demonstrates that it is not > simply yet another voodoo methodology, but a credible mathematical > solution to many of the problems that face architects and designers > charged with designing complex software systems." > > ASD brings engineering design discipline and mathematical rigor to the > development of software design in order to eliminate errors and reduce > rework. Verum developed the technique in conjunction with the Computing > Laboratory at the University of Oxford. > > Professor Bill Roscoe, director of Oxford University Computing Laboratory, > said, "I am excited because Verum can seemingly eliminate many of the > practical problems in the industrial application of formal methods. They do > this by automatically translating their software specifications and designs > to the input of FDR, a tool I helped to develop." > > ASD enables the specification for a software programme to be written in > simple terms that are comprehensible to the layperson. The technique > generates a series of models that can be used to test the software's > accuracy against the original specification. > > Verum's patent (Number GB 0410047.5) covers the Analytical Software > Design Technology (ASD) process, whereby informal specifications are > converted to CSP models. It also covers the mathematical bridge between > Sequence Based Specification (SBS) and Box Structured Development Method > (BSDM) elements of ASD and CSP, and the modifications that Verum has > made to SBS and BSDM to make this bridge possible. > > |
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