Re: [Patents] "condition of ..." amendment

[Francois PELLEGRINI <pelegrin@labri.fr>]

Hello all,


Jozef Halbersztadt wrote:
[...]
> > > There is no simple answer whether washing machine, screen and 
> > > processor each of them is not
> > >
> > > new, not innovative, together are inventive. But only if their 
> > > assembly is inventive than
> > >
> > > software  (GUI) can be a part of the invention.
> >
> > Shouldn't this case (washing machine) fall under the obviousness clause?
> >
> > Such washing machine seem to be the obvious outcome to an engineer.
> Combination of known parts is not always obvious.
>
> The combined elements mutually support each other in their effects to 
> such extent that a new technical result is achiewed. It is irrelevant 
> whether each individual element is fully or partly known by itself.

I have developed an argumentation against the
"washing-machine" propaganda. It is available
from here :

http://www.abul.org/article191.html  ;(english)
http://www.abul.org/article190.html  ;(french)

Software can by no means be considered "technical",
else every software should be. There is no other
possibility.



                                f.p.