tag:www.post-issue.org,2012:mephisto/system-and-method-for-iconic-software-environment-management Mephisto Drax 2009-02-04T00:54:28Z Mark Webbink tag:www.post-issue.org,2009-02-04:59 2009-02-04T00:53:00Z 2009-02-04T00:54:28Z This patent application was filed on June 8, 2001 but claims continuation from a patent application filed June 12, 1998, resulting in an earliest date of invention of June 12, 1997. While it is possible that the invention did not occur until after June 12, 1997, finding relevant prior art that published before that date assures it application. Publications can include any form of printed or electronic publication that discusses one or more elements of the claim of the patent. Mark Webbink tag:www.post-issue.org,2009-02-04:58 2009-02-04T00:51:00Z 2009-02-04T00:53:09Z This patent application was filed on June 8, 2001 but claims continuation from an application filed June 12, 1998, resulting in an earliest date of invention of June 12, 1997. While it is possible that the invention did not occur until after June 12, 1997, finding relevant prior art before that date assures it application. Such prior art may include products embodying the invention that were sold, offered for sale, or publicly used by the patent holder, an inventor, or any third party prior to June 12, 1997. Mark Webbink tag:www.post-issue.org,2009-02-04:57 2009-02-04T00:49:00Z 2009-02-04T00:51:42Z This patent application was filed on June 8, 2001 but claims continuation from a patent application filed June 12, 1998, resulting in an earliest date of invention of June 12, 1997. While it is possible that the invention did not occur until after June 12, 1997, finding relevant prior art before that date assures it application. Such prior art may include processes embodying the invention that were in the public domain or publicly used by the patent holder, an inventor, or any third party prior to June 12, 1997. Mark Webbink tag:www.post-issue.org,2009-02-04:56 2009-02-04T00:46:00Z 2009-02-04T00:49:47Z Although this patent application was filed on June 8, 2001, it claims continuation from a patent application file June 12, 1998, resulting in an earliest date of invention of June 12, 1997. While it is possible that the invention did not occur until after June 12, 1997, finding relevant prior art before that date assures it application. Such prior art may include patents issued before June 12, 1997, and/or published patent applications that were filed in the U.S. prior to June 12, 1997. Mark Webbink tag:www.post-issue.org,2009-02-04:55 2009-02-04T00:45:00Z 2009-02-04T00:46:34Z Often times one of the best means of identifying prior art is to contact persons involved with the development of this invention or persons involved with the development of inventions cited as prior art in the patent application (click on Read the Patent, find the Citations section of patents and other prior art, click on one of those items, and find the named inventor or author).