Always interesting to come across drawings like this when reading patents. 📄
Although AI-generated content is mainstream now, the concept of "automatically generating comic panels from text input" actually existed in patent filings as early as around 2000.
#Patent#GenerativeAI
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This hidden crisis often hits when filing in CN via the Paris Convention, claiming US priority with the EXACT same spec! 🚨
My advice? Don't just translate EN to CN. Use this stage to slightly enrich the text—especially by explicitly detailing "technical effects." 🛡️
#PatentGo
Why do patents surviving US obviousness rejections get crushed in China (CN)? 🤔
It’s Structure vs. Technical Effect. 🧵⬇️
🇺🇸 US Practice: Focuses on structural differences. If prior art lacks a "motivation to combine" to reach your structure, you typically win.
💡 Takeaway:
When drafting for CN, never just describe "how the structure is different." You MUST explicitly tie EVERY feature to a corresponding "technical effect" to survive Office Actions.
Ever fought a CN examiner on this? 👇
#Patent#PatentLaw#IntellectualProperty
Why do patents surviving US obviousness rejections get crushed in China (CN)? 🤔
It’s Structure vs. Technical Effect. 🧵⬇️
🇺🇸 US Practice: Focuses on structural differences. If prior art lacks a "motivation to combine" to reach your structure, you typically win.
🇨🇳 CN Practice: A totally different game. Proving a structural difference is just the baseline.
The dealbreaker: What "technical effect" does it produce?
No effect? Examiners will kill it as "Common General Knowledge" (CGK). In CN, no effect = no difference! ⚠️
Happy #NationalInventorsDay! 💡 It’s also Thomas Edison’s birthday – famous inventor and the first inductee of the @inventorsHOF. USPTO and NIHF have partnered to support inventors through programs like Camp Invention, the Collegiate Inventors Competition, and NIHF induction.
This patent suddenly woke me up! 🤖
In this patent regarding an AR Head-Mounted Display, the engineers actually drew the Gundam as the test target to demonstrate how virtual images (the bee) appear against a "complex real-world background."
#Patent#Gundam#AttorneyLife
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This season’s inventions will help you sleep better 🛌, travel smarter ✈️, rethink skiing 🎿, escape wet sportswear 🏊, bring gardens to life 🌱, and impress with your headgear 🎩.
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#WWPatentMissed our “Weird and Wonderful” patents series?
This season’s inventions will help you sleep better 🛌, travel smarter ✈️, rethink skiing 🎿, escape wet sportswear 🏊, bring gardens to life 🌱, and impress with your headgear 🎩.
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#WWPatentMissed our “Weird and Wonderful” patents series?
This season’s inventions will help you sleep better 🛌, travel smarter ✈️, rethink skiing 🎿, escape wet sportswear 🏊, bring gardens to life 🌱, and impress with your headgear 🎩.
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#WWPatentMissed our “Weird and Wonderful” patents series?
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#WWPatents
I scream. You scream. We all scream for ICE CREAM CONES.🍦On this day in 1924, Carl R. Taylor patented an ice cream cone rolling machine (No. 1,481,813), automating the process of shaping flat wafers into perfectly formed cones.
Always interesting to come across drawings like this when reading patents. 📄
Although AI-generated content is mainstream now, the concept of "automatically generating comic panels from text input" actually existed in patent filings as early as around 2000.
#Patent#GenerativeAI
Yesterday’s sunset over the new Tamshui River bridge.
Almost like nature is welcoming the newest addition to Taiwan’s infrastructure.
#Taiwan#bridges#construction#Tamshui#淡水大橋