Thread: Dean's Coopertition patent
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Re: Dean's Cooperation patent
I had actually meant a typo in the title, not realizing, in my blurred state this morning from not enough sleep for the past 5 days, that it was a coined phrase. And I noticed I mistyped the title of this post. Time for another cup of coffee....

I write patents for a living, and, after reading the patent, realized that it is just a reproduction of the 2003 game manual. (In most patents you talk about what you are claiming, why it is novel, how you did it, etc.). This case is one big example, i.e., the Stack Attack game. This application was filed in Jan. 3 2003, which was the same date as the kickoff, right? So they didn't waste any time in filing it!

Which leads me to another question. why did they file this? It certainly isn't to make money for their company, or to block other companies from using the same system, which are the main reasons for most patents. What is your opinion?