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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Vulcan on November 27, 2007, 09:36:30 PM

Title: Patents in the USA question
Post by: Vulcan on November 27, 2007, 09:36:30 PM
Is there anyway to find out about whats been filed from certain companies?
Title: Patents in the USA question
Post by: Arlo on November 27, 2007, 09:44:24 PM
Write the companies?
Title: Patents in the USA question
Post by: Vulcan on November 27, 2007, 10:19:47 PM
They won't tell me (I asked the engineers directly :)  ). Basically Sonicwall (firewalls I pimp) seem to have a new 'heuristic deep packet inspection engine that doesn't require packet reassembly' in their new boxes, I'm trying to find out more about how it works.
Title: Patents in the USA question
Post by: Rolex on November 27, 2007, 10:46:31 PM
Search the patent office database. Individual names are usually used though, not company names.

Link>> (http://www.uspto.gov/patft/)
Title: Patents in the USA question
Post by: -tronski- on November 27, 2007, 10:56:14 PM
Your not that guy with a grudge against Amazon are you Vulcan?

 Tronsky
Title: Patents in the USA question
Post by: Reschke on November 27, 2007, 11:05:42 PM
If the patent is made by an individual in the employee of an organization for the specific use of that company then they are required to have that company name on the patent as well. NOW the best way to search the USPTO site (part of my job from time to time) is the use the advanced search function and get real picky about words and phrases that only the patent or description of the function would use. It is time consuming but you get to seem some pretty cool and pretty stupid items that people have succeeded in getting a patent on.
Title: Patents in the USA question
Post by: Vulcan on November 28, 2007, 12:20:47 AM
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Originally posted by Rolex
Search the patent office database. Individual names are usually used though, not company names.

Link>> (http://www.uspto.gov/patft/)


Awesome thankyou.

I knew the AH wiki would have it somewhere :D

(no tronski, not me).