“Non-invasive physiological sensor cover”
US US11779247B2 Abraham Mazda Kiani Masimo Corporation
Priority 2009-07-29
Filed 2022-12-20
Granted 2023-10-10
Published 2023-10-10
They were fine with selling their own watch in a “patent pending” state over 10 years after having filed a provisional application, but the moment Apple announced their own watch, they hurried to write a final application after the fact worded in a way that would make Apple infringe on it thanks to having a 10+ year old priority on it.
They’ve been pulling the same stunt a bunch of times:
Why does this constitute trolling, though? That means they actually did invent and produce the tech for that whole period, doesn’t it? I could understand filling a provisional patent and then only pulling the trigger on the whole shebang when you actually have to protect it.
I will kindly ask you to retract that insult. I have never owned, paid for, rented, or otherwise let any Apple products into my life, don’t own any AAPL, and definitely are not a fan of Apple’s shenanigans.
This is not a vote, these are facts you can check yourself:
Between 2006 and 2022: Massimo kept building a portfolio of “provisional filings”, without filing a final version that would get published
2022: Massimo launches its own watch, still without having filed for final patents
later in 2022: Apple announces a watch with similar functionality
shortly after Apple’s announcement: suddenly Massimo decides to file final versions of a slew of patents it had kept in the “provisional” stage for 15+ years
Patent trolling is buying up patents from their actual inventors for the purpose of suing and extorting money from companies that actually make use of the tech, while not actually doing anything productive with them.
Two facts here: 1) they invented the tech, and 2) they used the invention to legitimately produce items for sale.
They kept provisional filings on hold for over 15 years, released their own product without filing for the actual patent, and only did so after a competitor announced their own product.
If you don’t want to call it “trolling”, what do you call “abusing the patent process to keep competitors unaware of pending patents that can be used against them retroactively”? What would be a shorter word for that?
It pleases me when the law actually protects a smaller company that had its tech stolen by a corporate giant.
Looks like a patent troll, though.
Apple is a patent troll so it serves them right. They think they can patent rounded rectangle, lol
https://www.masimopersonalhealth.com/products/masimo-w1
Looks like they’ve been selling this since November 9th 2022 at the latest.
The trolling comes from stuff like this:
“Non-invasive physiological sensor cover”
US US11779247B2 Abraham Mazda Kiani Masimo Corporation
They were fine with selling their own watch in a “patent pending” state over 10 years after having filed a provisional application, but the moment Apple announced their own watch, they hurried to write a final application after the fact worded in a way that would make Apple infringe on it thanks to having a 10+ year old priority on it.
They’ve been pulling the same stunt a bunch of times:
https://patents.google.com/?assignee=Masimo&oq=Masimo&sort=new
Several 2023 patents, have a priority as far back as 2006!
Why does this constitute trolling, though? That means they actually did invent and produce the tech for that whole period, doesn’t it? I could understand filling a provisional patent and then only pulling the trigger on the whole shebang when you actually have to protect it.
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I will kindly ask you to retract that insult. I have never owned, paid for, rented, or otherwise let any Apple products into my life, don’t own any AAPL, and definitely are not a fan of Apple’s shenanigans.
What are you talking about?
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This is not a vote, these are facts you can check yourself:
There is no counter-argument.
That is trolling.
Patents are intended as a social contract:
Filing claims and keeping them hidden, then rewording them for publication when “you actually have to protect it”, is trolling.
Patent trolling is buying up patents from their actual inventors for the purpose of suing and extorting money from companies that actually make use of the tech, while not actually doing anything productive with them.
Two facts here: 1) they invented the tech, and 2) they used the invention to legitimately produce items for sale.
Trolling is not a fit for this.
They kept provisional filings on hold for over 15 years, released their own product without filing for the actual patent, and only did so after a competitor announced their own product.
If you don’t want to call it “trolling”, what do you call “abusing the patent process to keep competitors unaware of pending patents that can be used against them retroactively”? What would be a shorter word for that?
Be that as it may, it’s small potatoes compared to Apple’s business practices.
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