Our Patent Busting Project takes this problem on by asking the patent office to «reexamine» patents — that is, to consider again whether those patents should have been
issued in the first place in light of prior art (ideas that existed before the patents) that we've located and brought to the patent office's attention.
Not exact matches
Brasch's claim is bolstered by other Google initiatives, including the launch of a powerful new search tool for uncovering so - called «prior art» references that can help attack bad patents, and prevent them from being
issued in the
first place.
Both had serious eating
issues - Winehouse had bulimia and Cobain actually suffered from severe intestinal disorders that he claims led him to heroin
in the
first place to deal with the pain.
Garoppolo did eventually receive treatment from TB12 weeks later, but by the sound of Wickersham's story, the
issue was never fully resolved as to why he had been locked out
in the
first place.
Issues have also arisen when a person is even able to sign up for the plans
in the
first place.
The White House brushed off a major «typo»
in the statement it
issued on Iran's nuclear weapons program, instead shifting the blame onto the Obama Administration for entering the deal
in the
first place.
While we need to better recognize mental health
issues and provide those
in distress with better access to treatment, we must not forget that like many physical
issues, some mental health conditions may be preventable
in the
first place.
In other words, if mortgage rates and house prices were not an issue, the government would never have been involved in housing finance in the first plac
In other words, if mortgage rates and house prices were not an
issue, the government would never have been involved
in housing finance in the first plac
in housing finance
in the first plac
in the
first place.
Saudi Arabia's state - owned oil giant Saudi Aramco could
first issue stock on its home market and privately
place shares
in the hands of big Asian investors before facing the complexity of listing on an international exchange.
President Trump is just halfway into his
first 100 days
in office, and his economic advisers seem to be stuck between a rock and a hard
place on the
issue of imports.
Who hasn't faced the challenge of being asked for a document, looking fruitlessly across several shared drives, and then searching for clues among email and team messaging streams — only to be caught up
in a fresh breaking
issue that makes us lose track of whatever we were looking for
in the
first place?
But whatever the merits of this specific case — and however the three judges rule — there is a broader
issue that speaks to the reason we have patent laws
in the
first place.
You may be wondering how this
issue ended up before a court
in the
first place.
The
first step to achieving something vastly important but fuzzily defined like work - life balance isn't soul - searching or reading up on the
issue, it's nailing down what you mean by the term
in the
first place.
Skeptics have not only questioned Maduro's claim, but the very motivation behind
issuing a cryptocurrency
in the
first place.
While we may have been wrong
in 2016, the underlying
issues that led these companies to be
placed in the Danger Zone
in the
first place made them rather risky investments.
Could it be that someone found a way to vastly increase the supply of gold without having to go through the trouble of mining it — to dishoard and lease it from central bank reserves and then
issue certificates against gold that never existed
in the
first place?
Our cyber liability and data breach insurance starts at just $ 250 per year for a pre-underwritten instant
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in protection against
first - party damages as well as many third - party damages offering a fast and economical way to get protection
in place.
This raises
issues as to why the government created the CEIFB
in the
first place (subject of upcoming paper).
The decisive
issue for Canada
in joining the CPTPP is thus no longer the defensive case that drove it into the TPP
in the
first place, but an offensive case of capturing additional market share
in East Asia.
Ironically, one of the significant differences between the cryptocurrency and the currencies of nation - states
issued and overseen by Central Banks appears to have led to this state of affairs being possible
in the
first place.
So he had to creae a woman to fix the psychological
issue he created
in the
first place?
Msgr. Thomas Herron of Philadelphia is quoted as saying, «No episcopal document can be expected to satisfy those who reject the right of bishops to speak on this
issue in the
first place.»
b) seek professional help to figure out why you have the compulsions
in the
first place, and develop a strategy to help you replace your unhealthy addictions with healthy habits c) contact a wild - eyed shaman to tell you which parts of his ancient magic book, written primarily for an illiterate, credulous audience, apply best to 21st Century psychological
issues.
Why should the President of the US even have an opinion or platform stance on these
issues in the
first place?
I was rather surprised to find myself quoted
in the recent
issue of
FIRST THINGS as claiming, «Any church excluding Christians at a given
place is not merely a bad church, but rather is not church at all, since a Eucharist to which not all the Christians at a given
place might gather would not be merely a morally deficient Eucharist, but rather no Eucharist at all.»
Music styles might possibly be
in first place, but if so, the
issue of eternal security is not far behind.
When legislatures become all female then the
issue can be legislated from a postion of those with a right to choose
in the
first place.
When he subsequently denied any implication from those words that, under his direction, the Interior Department would not be concerned with the long - term management of our natural treasures, he failed to explain satisfactorily why he raised the
issue in the
first place.
When we by contrast present Scripture
in the
first instance
in terms of some particular theological framework or
in the light of specialized or critical
issues, we not only fail to address the questions that trouble us, but we may also
place a barrier between the reader and the text of Scripture.
Given that the show's producers seem so keenly aware of the historical context around it (the
first storyline is catalysed by the sinking of the Titanic, while women's suffrage and the social
issues around the Great War are explored
in depth), it seems strange that writer Julian Fellowes should ignore the historical accuracy of the
place of faith.
The
issue with you creationists and your typical «plane being built from scratch» is that none of you seem to have ever taken a course
in probability and statistics
in the
first place.
However, I would want to keep this
issue clear of that discussion entirely because it can't help but inject a religious sensitivity which might be the problem
in the
first place.
The GOP wants us to get so distracted by a bunch of made - up «social
issues» that we forget that it was GWB and his GOP cronies who destroyed the economy
in the
first place.
In fact, this is why RELEVANT and brightpeak joined forces in the first place — to help you with all your love and money issue
In fact, this is why RELEVANT and brightpeak joined forces
in the first place — to help you with all your love and money issue
in the
first place — to help you with all your love and money
issues.
But until those
issues are
placed effectively on the agenda - for - action by the population of that functional world - village we will wait
in vain for the
first effective steps toward a modest degree of world government.
And this problem regarding the «public» comparison and verification of diverse «private» sensations is precisely what is at
issue in the
first place!
Stephen Meredith's «Looking for God
in All the Wrong
Places»
in the February 2014
issue of
First Things accuses Intelligent Design theory (ID) of being a variant of occasionalism, which he defines as the denial «that efficient causality occurs outside God.»
In the first place, theology will need to become increasingly a corporate enterprise in which teams of thinkers combine their efforts to relate Christian insights to the complex issues of a science - based technological ag
In the
first place, theology will need to become increasingly a corporate enterprise
in which teams of thinkers combine their efforts to relate Christian insights to the complex issues of a science - based technological ag
in which teams of thinkers combine their efforts to relate Christian insights to the complex
issues of a science - based technological age.
It is found
in the
first document to be
issued by the Second Vatican Council and is reiterated
in GIRM 41: «The Church acknowledges Gregorian chant as being especially suited to the Roman liturgy: therefore, all things being equal, it should be given pride of
place in liturgical services.»
In the
first place, an open - ended style of life featuring dialogue and discussion of
issues, a lack of finality, and the spontaneity of conversation characterizes our way of life.
One school of thought holds that the possibility of disarmament is predicated upon the preceding or at least simultaneous settlement of outstanding political
issues that have given rise to the armaments race
in the
first place, and that the threat of nuclear war has not materially affected this perennial functional dependence of disarmament upon a political settlement.
The real
issue, then, is how they had come to believe the lies
in the
first place.
That's part of the
issue, doesn't matter if you can read ancient Greek or Hebrew, many humans still were never given the writings
in the
first place.
I understand why you don't want to talk about the embarrassing fact that your religion's a sham, but it's * precisely * the
issue; The prayer session shouldn't even be being conducted
in the
first place, never mind forcing people to pretend to respect it!
If there were no corporate income tax
in the
first place, the
issue simply wouldn't arise.
[5] If a theological school wants to understand God more truly, if truth is really the
issue, surely it would be better to focus study on the foundations that justify our getting involved
in a congregation
in the
first place.
The Anglican leaders, like Buttiglione, claimed to be keeping their moral standards
in place: They
issued a «strong condemnation of the use of any methods of conception control from motives of selfishness, luxury, or mere convenience,» and said «complete abstinence» should be the
first option.
Rossing
issues a salvo with her opening line: «The rapture is a racket,» Her
first paragraph is a full - blown jeremiad: «
In place of healing, the rapture proclaims escape.
This is several weeks later, and that shouldn't have been an
issue in the
first place.