Prior Art.Patent granted on existing formulas and applications methods.
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 11:08 am
The question was asked here before, but not extensive enough. The sequence of a patent application should be the other way around. How is it possible that a patent is granted with an overload of prior art. Is there no research done by the EPO?
The Opposition period of 9 months is way to short and should be permanent to avoid that patent trolls use legal tactics to enforce their so called rights. So what to do if you find out that for instance: company A in has been granted a patent with an overload of prior art? That company A even uses parts of an abandoned patent from company B (the biggest company in Germany) which abandoned the patent because of prior art. So what is a patent worth if any troll can get one.
The Opposition period of 9 months is way to short and should be permanent to avoid that patent trolls use legal tactics to enforce their so called rights. So what to do if you find out that for instance: company A in has been granted a patent with an overload of prior art? That company A even uses parts of an abandoned patent from company B (the biggest company in Germany) which abandoned the patent because of prior art. So what is a patent worth if any troll can get one.