tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352189175211648260.post3631894550485867487..comments2023-10-24T14:45:41.342+02:00Comments on K’s Law: T 2013/08 – Wishful Thinking?orhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07992102028406713066noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352189175211648260.post-37075593679777095222010-07-08T00:07:50.324+02:002010-07-08T00:07:50.324+02:00@Laurent: There is further room for progress. Perh...@Laurent: There is further room for progress. Perhaps all grounds for opposition could be addressed in the claim?<br /><br />@Rimbaud: Thanks for reminding us of the great classics.Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069112323977591767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352189175211648260.post-60507056119717891072010-07-07T23:20:46.901+02:002010-07-07T23:20:46.901+02:00To make clear whether the claim is a wish or not, ...To make clear whether the claim is a wish or not, the Board should have performed the strongly logical <b>Monty Python's "Duck Test"</b>.<br />Quoted from: <a rel="nofollow"> href=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/quotes</a><br /><i>King Arthur: A Duck.<br />Sir Bedevere: ...Exactly. So, logically...<br />Peasant 1: If she weighed the same as a duck... she's made of wood.<br />Sir Bedevere: And therefore...<br />Peasant 2: ...<b>A wish!</b></i><br />see also: <a rel="nofollow">href=http://www.cs.swan.ac.uk/~csneal/SystemSpec/Different.html</a>Rimbaudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352189175211648260.post-63380492409498456062010-07-07T17:07:15.105+02:002010-07-07T17:07:15.105+02:00A better "wish" claim would have been :
...A better "wish" claim would have been :<br /><br />"a tubular target which has a wetting degree above 90%, and which is novel and involves inventive step".<br /><br />Or <br /><br />"a tubular target which has a wetting degree above 90%, excepting tubular targets that were obvious for a person skilled in the art at the priority date of the present application".<br /><br />That seems clearer and clearly patentable.Laurentnoreply@blogger.com