Google Homepage Patent Gratuitous?

Who’s less relevant – USPTO or WPN?

The US patent system finally hits rock bottom; sinking the entire patent system into a money-driven asylum full of pretty diagrams and company logos.

Patents are for machines and processes NOT webpages.

The only saving grace here is that we can hope these lunatics will end up sueing each other for their pathetic patents and spending all their money on lawyers.

while it is valid to wonder about the USPTO and what it grants patents for, this is here is much ado about nothing. One needs to be aware that there are various types of patents. Any patent beginning with the letter “D” is only a “Design Patent.” These have one and only one “claim”: “The ornamental design of…” A company that makes door handles will file a design patent on the specific shape of their door handle, thus preventing a complete knock-off. It is closer in function to a trademark than a patent. What the general public refers to when the word “patent” is used is actually a “Utility Patent.” These are the ones that have to be nonobvious, inventive and offer utility. This Google Design Patent really does not mean anything. Better to keep your eyes on patents that are 7 digit numbers, these days in the 7 millions. And also be sure not to confuse published patent applications, which have longer names, starting with the year; these have not and may never be granted.

As if they do not have the major say in many things on the net, and decide basically on everybody’s behalf where, what and how when coming to searching and results. Now with a patent, what will be next? The marketing business terms of Barriers to entry as somewhat monopolistic behavior somehow spring to mind.

I thought patents were for machines and processes.. I didnt know i could patent webpages – i have lots of sites and web pages…. but no money to keep filing patents… guess i will need to raise money.. any money bags around who want to donate?

40 years ago a standing punchline was “That great Soviet inventor Regus Patoff.” Now that software and genetics patents are being accepted and patent law is the ‘next big thing’ for lawyers, “Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.” itself is the joke.

The United States has taken “Intellectual” completely out of intellectual property.

The patent is for the “invention” , that had NO PRIOR ART for a totally uncluttered search engine. Consider all the cr*p on MSN & YAHOO search pages. They take 10x longer to load. Google kept it simple, and I say they deserve a patent because they considered the end-user experience.

this may be a good cause or thing (I do not know as have not looked) but is no more relevant here than Michael Jackson

Could this page patent by google be some sort of publicity stunt or is there something further coming we do not yet know about, which will make sense of the whole thing. watch web pro news to find out in the next exiting episode on a computer near you.

I see no point in trying to 2nd guess Google on their reasoning. Seems to me they know all the right moves. They are after all the “untouchables” of the cyber-highway. Perhaps they know something we don’t know and getting this patent could serve as insurance on any potential future concerns.

I amazes me how many people, including the author of the article, are making comments about a subject they know so little about.

Before you make a comment, read the description of design patents on the uspto website:

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/design/index.html#def

Think before you act!

After just seeing the movie Food, INC and being made aware of what Monsanto has been able to do with a patent about soybean seeds nothing surprises me. Monsanto is able to sue farmers and seed cleaners to rid the competitive field. A practice supported by the Supreme Court.

The question should be what will they do with the patent.

Google’s homepage have looked pretty mutch the same since it’s launch in 1996/1997 and the minimalistic design of the page has proven to be very sticky amongst us using it. I guess not many people even think of it, but Google should be able to put up the most fancy homepage in the world, but who says it’s not. It ranks 1rst in the world and that is for a simple reason. Less is more and google is on top of it. Minimalism is a big hit if you think about other sites with simple design… Facebook probbably wouldnt been such a success if they didnt keep the design simple. This is planned by smart people you know. Larry and Sergey at google know what they are doing. Why do you think their sallary is 1 dollar a year from Google and they are laughting all the way to the bank. I guess they didnt expect this to happen in the middle of the 90ths when they was in Stanford playing around with the idea. Its funny that they went to the same University as Yahoo’s Jerry Yang. Maybe they found some of his things left on the computers and improved it. Who knows That the search industry is a big biz I knew allready back in the 90ths when Aliweb was about the best there was. And so many other searchengines are there now. But everyone I know always use google. Why? Its simple and pulls up the most fresh results. No wonder they are getting a patent on their design. I would to if I was number one in the world!

I need to run down to my Patent office and Patent breathing air. I do it through my nose and mouth and different intervals each time. I beleive my dynamic cycle of breathing air is unique and should be protected….

I want to publish my work. Any one can help me in this regard?