Dean's Coopertition patent

[Carol]

Attached is a copy of Dean's cooperation patent that he mentioned during the closing ceremonies. It is still an application; it won't be a "patent" until it is approved and allowed by the US Patent Office. And note the typo in the title!

What the patent actually claims is a method to increase cooperation by having your score computed based on your opponent's score. I checked on the status. It has a rejection based on the finding that it is non-statutory because it is "not limited to the technological arts but all steps can be performed manually by a human". The next step is to respond back to the patent office with arguments why they are wrong and the patent should be allowed. Stay tuned.

Below is a link to the application. It is a large, awkward link; the nicer looking pdf version is too large to attach. I will submit it as a white paper however. If someone has a better way to post it let me know!

There are 94 issued patents and 37 pending applications in which Dean is listed as an inventor. You would recognize a lot of the co-inventors; Benge Ambrogli (head ref and Volunteer of the Year) is on many of them.

Some titles:
Flow control for an intravenous feeding system
Mechanical improvements to a personal vehicle
Transporter oscillating alarm
Stirling engine thermal system improvements


http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...DN/20040142774