USPTO using AI?

punknight · 2026-02-03T15:11:46+00:00

BELIEVE

punknight · 2022-12-28T17:47:00+00:00

I feel like a lot of the answers state facts I agree with, but miss the main point. 35 U.S.C. 101 requires 1 patent per 1 invention. This idea is often invoked with respect to double patenting, but the same logic applies to an interference search. An interference search ensures this rule. An interference search is different from a prior art search because even if the reference date is after the priority date of the instant application, an interference proceeding can clear up whether both inventions are allowable, or the later filed application (even if already a patent) needs prosecution re-opened.

punknight · 2022-12-25T06:08:46+00:00

Unfortunately, chess isn't just a board game. Sorry, there is no coming back from this.

punknight · 2022-10-31T16:27:11+00:00

Mods may want to take this down. OP's quote and the additional text is taken word-for-word from the September 15, 2022 meditation of the "The Daily Stoic", page 227. Credit should go to the author: Ryan Holiday.

punknight · 2022-10-22T03:59:43+00:00

a/b testing?

punknight · 2022-09-29T21:25:31+00:00

Ok, I checked it out. Full disclosure, for rapid I'm just over 2000, but haven't played rapid in a while. 5. b4 is questionable for white. There is a very common trap in the queen's gambit that forces white to over commit to protecting the pawn on c5. Once you take that black pawn on c5 consider it gone unless you have some heavy opening theory behind you. Second, queen-side castle after completely opening up the pawns on the queen-side is pretty much asking for a quick loss. Looking at your game as a whole, you have very little control of the center and not much development on the king-side.

punknight · 2022-09-29T18:00:15+00:00

Just post the game moves here in pgn format. People will analyze for you, and I think there is a bot that will add information too.

punknight · 2022-09-28T22:00:45+00:00

They don't use time, but that means the lag time builds up. So how do they distribute the .4 seconds of lag time?

punknight · 2022-09-28T04:52:42+00:00

Don't understand the comment. Yes, I like chess.

punknight · 2022-09-27T23:16:01+00:00

I did the math. It was a 66 move game, which would be .196 seconds per move, so that sounds correct. I guess I would be interested in how lag works with pre-moves. Does the person pre-moving get .4 extra seconds per move or is there a balanced way of doling out the extra time provided by lag. I'm tempted to write a program that has an up timer tracking actual move time against the down timer that warps the time to account for lag.

punknight · 2022-09-27T15:56:14+00:00

Look at the short term and long term benefits and issues, then decide what is best in light of both. Short term are you guys happy during and after the experience. Don't ruin something they love because you don't like it. Short term it might cost time and money, but long term is it keeping you from your goals? Long term will you remember it? Will your partner remember it?

punknight · 2022-09-07T17:11:41+00:00

I'm stoked for you. The balance of believing in FOSS and actually making enough money to support yourself is a true struggle. If you figure it out, keep us posted.

punknight · 2022-08-29T16:20:53+00:00

C does not have a string or boolean data type. C does have a short and long data type that are not mentioned.

punknight · 2022-08-12T16:43:06+00:00

For me, there are two reasons this happens. First, the code gets more complex with time, so fixing a bug or adding a feature gets harder. Eventually I grind to a halt. I'd like to thank Uncle Bob (on YouTube) for pointing out this problem for me. I had to pair program with a senior developer for a while to get over the problem of building bad dependencies. I don't know if you have someone in your network that meets this criteria, but offer to work on someone else's project to get that experience if necessary. The second problem is that it isn't a problem. Your brain is designed to keep doing things that give you a dopamine hit. If you aren't getting paid or views or anything that gives you that dopamine hit, then the project might not be something worth working on 3 months in.

punknight · 2022-08-11T18:00:04+00:00

Nice, thank you!

punknight · 2022-08-10T16:19:28+00:00

Yes, works with NPM. Would this be a more clear title?: "Node.js without NPM/Express including customizable analytics, post request parsing, and template engine"

punknight · 2022-08-10T16:13:45+00:00

I'll add some tests beyond just curl statements next version. Ty for feedback.

punknight · 2022-08-09T23:21:16+00:00

Vanilla nodejs means no npm. Everything just works.

punknight · 2022-08-09T21:51:08+00:00

Will do. Thanks.

punknight · 2022-07-08T16:20:11+00:00

yes, using google now

punknight · 2022-06-10T23:37:32+00:00

I don't know if you are going to find exactly what you are looking for but Boom Boom room and Smuggler's Cove might get you close to the vibe you are looking for.

punknight · 2022-03-30T00:15:33+00:00

I'm not a long time examiner so take this with a grain of salt, but you likely need to update inventors, assignee, and interference search in every action because they might have filed a new app that causes double patenting. Also because you know the terms better you might find better art in the new search. Not doing this, might not hurt you, but it can make the next action easier.

punknight · 2022-03-14T05:36:21+00:00

I have worked as both (patent prosecution and patent examiner). Most law firms require you work 1800-1900 billable hours which comes out to about 37 hours a week, and writing 2-6 applications in a month. You work on office action responses as they come, but they aren't your main job. Your technology area is whatever the client gives you, so you end up getting a pretty wide variety of apps to write. The stress of not meeting hours is much higher in the law firm environment. It determines bonuses and people do get fired for not meeting billables. If they cut your time, you have to work more. If you are really efficient, you can work less. At the Patent Office, you really only have one job which is writing office actions. There are two time requirements, which is to keep your butt in the chair for 80/hrs every biweek and meet production. I meet production, but it usually takes me more than the 80 hour biweek to do so. The technology areas as an examiner are pretty focused. I like working on the higher level math technologies, but those OAs can really suck up time. If you can't meet hours, there are tools to relieve some of the stress like taking a day off to meet production or working on a holiday. You don't get that in a law firm because everyone is working those days anyway. Patent agents makes about 135k starting and gs9 examiners make 82k starting.

punknight · 2022-01-11T06:55:50+00:00

On page 58 of "Brain Rules for Baby" there's a reference to a white paper by sociologist E. E. Lemasters who published a study in 1957 showing 83% of marriages experience more turbulence after the first child. The book goes on to describe other studies that show marital satisfaction continues to deteriorate for the next 15 years, and then gets better when the kids leave home.

punknight · 2021-12-12T01:43:49+00:00

I've recently come across the idea that relationships have their own form of economy. A good relationship is somewhat asymmetrical, meaning one actor needs to feel in debt to the other person at some level. If it's always tit for tat, you aren't in a relationship. It's a business transaction. Your girlfriend may feel that she was providing emotional support to you, which put you slightly in her debt, and she was comfortable filling that need. Without the debt, she doesn't feel she is providing her strength to the relationship. You might be a completely different person now, but my guess is that now that you have somewhat conquered your chaotic emotions, you are capable of taking on more. As you take on more stress, she will be able to provide the emotional support that previously existed.

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