> So yeah, it's obvious now. But it was patentable then, because nobody (or very few) had ever made a Bayer pattern sensor for a video camera. It's easy to forget how long ago 2007 was, at least until I try to get out of bed in the mornings.
yeah really this is a commentary on just how poorly-suited a 28-year exclusivity period is given the rate at which modern technology advances.
I fully agree, this is something that definitely would have been novel at the time, it's a good patent, but even 14 years later it's grating that fairly basic/obvious stuff to contemporary eyes is still patent-protected.
yeah really this is a commentary on just how poorly-suited a 28-year exclusivity period is given the rate at which modern technology advances.
I fully agree, this is something that definitely would have been novel at the time, it's a good patent, but even 14 years later it's grating that fairly basic/obvious stuff to contemporary eyes is still patent-protected.