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Flawed fiber-optic imaging patent?
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va_t...@yahoo.com
Feb 23, 2013, 2:24:37 PM2/23/13
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There's a patent claiming to image an object directly through a single fiber. If true, that would represent a significant breakthrough over the use of a imaging fiber-optic bundle. A PDF of the patent can be obtained by clicking on the "download PDF" tab at this link:
http://www.archpatent.com/patents/6718103?cds=0
I have read and reread this patent several times and for the life of me cannot understand what is being proposed. In my opinion, the patent is ambiguous and faulty in its reasoning. Am I missing anything?
Not surprisingly (imo), the company owning the patent describes its status as: "This patent is in a theoretical stage only and is intended to be used for transmitting images on fiber optics that might improve in orders of magnitude today’s capacity of fiber optics to transmit images and data." So it seems there is no working model. I questioned its validity on several financial forums devoted to the company and received a hostile reception by investors (even though none seem to understand how it's supposed to work). Apparently, the awarding of a patent by the Patent Office conveys considerable crdibility in the eyes of the average layman.
Comments? How can a patent this flawed be awarded by the USPTO?
Tony
http://www.archpatent.com/patents/6718103?cds=0
I have read and reread this patent several times and for the life of me cannot understand what is being proposed. In my opinion, the patent is ambiguous and faulty in its reasoning. Am I missing anything?
Not surprisingly (imo), the company owning the patent describes its status as: "This patent is in a theoretical stage only and is intended to be used for transmitting images on fiber optics that might improve in orders of magnitude today’s capacity of fiber optics to transmit images and data." So it seems there is no working model. I questioned its validity on several financial forums devoted to the company and received a hostile reception by investors (even though none seem to understand how it's supposed to work). Apparently, the awarding of a patent by the Patent Office conveys considerable crdibility in the eyes of the average layman.
Comments? How can a patent this flawed be awarded by the USPTO?
Tony
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