Re: Global Record Breaking Patents: Longest & Shortest, updated list (v1.7)

Contenders for the shortest specifications in terms of wordcount must be
the notorious George Knauer applications "Process Of Love"
(US2003152907) and "Process of Reincarnation" (US2004005535). I doubt
there are any from other authorities in the modern era to beat them, as
the US seems to have by far the weakest filtering system for what
applications are rejected without reaching publication. They would
also, unexpectedly, be contenders for "most incomprehensible".

 

Philip Eagle

 

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From: Tralvex (Rex) Yeap [mailto:rex_at_tralvex.com]
Sent: 01 July 2008 15:25
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Subject: [PIUG List] Re: Global Record Breaking Patents: Longest &
Shortest, updated list (v1.7)

 

What's new in v1.7

L2, L5 and L8.
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Global Record Breaking Patents: Longest & Shortest, updated list (v1.7):

Longest
L1. No. of claims : 8,962 (US Patent App. No. 20030173072)
L2. No. of pages : 7,154 (US20070224201A1)
L3. No. of words : >1,000,000 (US5,146,591)
L4. No. of characters : >20,000,000 (US5,146,591)
L5. No. of figures : 6881 sheets (US20070224201A1)
L6 No. of years (P2G*) : 67 (US6,130,946)
L7. Exemplary claim : 7,799 words / 1,228 chars (US5,408,417)
L8. Citations (Patents) : 1,721 (US7,374,544)
L9. Citations (Lit.) : ?
L10. Title (word) : 42 words / 250 chars (US6,186,793)

* P2G - Priority filing to Grant

Shortest
S1. No. of claims : 1 (Numerous examples)
S2. No. of pages : ? (?)
S3. No. of words : ? (?)
S4. No. of characters : ? (?)
S5. No. of figure : 0 (Numerous examples)
S6. No. of months (A2G) : .4 (US5,841,114)
S7. Exemplary claim : 2 words / 10 chars (US3,156,523)
S8. Citation (Patent) : 0 (Numerous examples)
S9. Citation (Lit.) : 0 (Numerous examples)
S10. Title (word) : 1 word / 2 chars (US2,053,882)

Contributors: Andy, Rex, Michael, Dave, Ron, Guido, Mike, Milan, Victor,
...

PS: A note to contributors: it helps if you can indicate the patent
number because tracking based on limited lead(s) can be very painful.

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