If you are developing a standard and you wish to avoid including patented technology in the methods included in your standard,
or
if you have developed a standard and are interested in protecting your users against trivial or non-innovative patents attached to the uses of your standard,
or
if you are a standards user and wish to avoid using standards that are encumbered by patents,
or
if you are a standards user who has chosen a standard and wish to avoid infringement on a patent that encumbers the standard,
you will want to visit the USPTO patent search site.
Here is the web page at http://appft1.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.html for a search of pending applications with the word "DICOM" in the title of the application.
Here is the returned web page:
In the next blog, I will use DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) as an example of a standard for which a user can conduct USPTO patent searches.
- Jules Berman
My book, Principles of Big Data: Preparing, Sharing, and Analyzing Complex Information was published in 2013 by Morgan Kaufmann.
I urge you to explore my book. Google books has prepared a generous preview of the book contents. If you like the book, please request your librarian to purchase a copy of this book for your library or reading room.
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