Enola bean mea culpa
It seems I may have jumped the gun.
I received a comment from Jeremy on my ‘Howdy Pod-ner’ post saying that Larry Proctor is appealing and the dispute is going to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI). ‘How strange,’ I thought. ‘He’s decided to appeal so quickly? And wasn’t the decision I was referring to from the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences? I’d better go have another look.’
Well, this is what happens when you skim, folks. It turns out that the BPAI has not (yet) issued its decision in the enola bean dispute. What I mis-took for a rejection of all the patent claims is, in fact, the answer from the USPTO examiner to Proctor’s appeal of the previous final rejection. This explains why I couldn’t find the decision on the BPAI’s website.
So, in short, the US Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences has not issued a decision rejecting all of Larry Proctor’s patent claims to the enola bean.
But they still could, we’ll only know in a few months.
I’m very embarrassed. I’m hoping, dear reader, that you will continue to have some faith in me and will continue to visit and read my blog.
And to top it all off, I wasted the ‘Howdy Pod-ner’ pun on a useless post, sheesh!
Posted on March 22nd, 2007 under ABS, CBD, FAO, Intellectual property • 
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March 31st, 2007 at 11:42 am
[...] Attention! After writing this post, I realised that I mis-read a document and the US Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences has not yet ruled on the enola bean patent. See my mea culpa. I’m leaving the post here, however, as the rest of the history is still accurate. I’ll keep following the patent office to track new developments and let you know when a decision is actually reached. [...]