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comment How to torpedo a bad patent my former large employer is filing?
I had thought about writing a letter to lawyer with the prior art, but I agree that the lawyer is just going to route around. I like the suggestion to wait for the publication (if I remember). I'm torn on cashing the check. One note, though, is that I'm not referring to big blue. Blue is a significant color for full-time employees, and I thought that's what you meant at first :)
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comment How to torpedo a bad patent my former large employer is filing?
I tried using public pair, but all I have is the docket number. I can't find any other number of the document the lawyer sent me, and in the document there is no reference to the prior art I mentioned. I also had 2 business days to reply -- is this all normal?
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comment How to torpedo a bad patent my former large employer is filing?
Thank you for the questions and feedback. I don't have a copy of the employment agreement (I would have signed it 6 years ago and threw it out sometime in the last year since quitting). I have email to HR requesting a copy. Also, related to inventive step for this: it doesn't make sense that something can be patented if I, the human who made the decisions that invented it, don't think those decisions are novel or non-obvious. Am I not the skilled practitioner? There is something seriously messed up if I can't one way or another.
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