RE: [xml-dev] Small company makes big claims on XML patents

[Rich Salz <rsalz@datapower.com>]

> means that your invention may not be completely trivial but must reach a
> certain complexity to be patentable.
>
> Is there something comparable in American patent law?

Yes; it must be innovative and not obvious to one "skilled in the arts."

The patent examiners are supposed to determine this.  For software, in
particular, the demand seems to exceed the competence.

	/r$

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