http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/05/26/obscure-patent-termite-flatulence-detection/id=3767/ Patents, Software Patents, Patent Applications & Patent Law Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:54:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/05/26/obscure-patent-termite-flatulence-detection/id=3767/#comment-4431 cheese Thu, 28 May 2009 11:22:06 +0000 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/?p=3767#comment-4431 Isn't a new use of an old idea still considered novel? I smell a process patent. Isn’t a new use of an old idea still considered novel? I smell a process patent.

]]> http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/05/26/obscure-patent-termite-flatulence-detection/id=3767/#comment-4371 Don Wed, 27 May 2009 12:00:42 +0000 http://www.ipwatchdog.com/?p=3767#comment-4371 This is not a novel idea. Gas detectors have been used commercially for some years. Putting such a detector in a prior-art style bait unit does not add up to novelty. This is not a novel idea. Gas detectors have been used commercially for some years. Putting such a detector in a prior-art style bait unit does not add up to novelty.

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