Poet Patent Pending Starts and Stops

The SkunK promised more information of the Poet Patent pending.  As you can see below it appears to have been only sent to the examiner the 6th of last month.  It is too early to have any response from the patent examiner or even guess what the response will be.  Here are some interesting moves below.  Looks like they first decided to switch from a utility application to a provisional, then a couple weeks later decided against it.  They also recently revoked the power of attorney from one law firm - and then went with another.

12 August 2009 POET request to change from utility application to provisional application

2 Sept 2009 POET withdraws application to provisional application

20 Sept 2010 POET revokes power of attorney from its patent attorney

20 Sept 2010 POET now assign Power of Attorney to Swiss Tanner.


PDF copy of POET Patent APPLICATION
PDF copy of POET Claims
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Transaction History

Date      Transaction       Description
10-06-2010 Case Docketed to Examiner in GAU
09-27-2010 Mail-Petition Decision - Dismissed
09-27-2010 Petition Decision - Dismissed
09-27-2010 Change in Power of Attorney (May Include Associate POA)
09-24-2010 Correspondence Address Change
08-03-2010 Petition Entered
06-16-2010 Case Docketed to Examiner in GAU
03-11-2010 PG-Pub Issue Notification
09-04-2009 Mail-Petition Decision - Dismissed   
09-03-2009 Petition Decision - Dismissed
08-12-2009 Petition Entered
02-26-2009 IFW TSS Processing by Tech Center Complete
11-07-2008 Application Dispatched from OIPE
10-16-2008 Sent to Classification Contractor
10-16-2008 Filing Receipt - Updated
10-07-2008 Additional Application Filing Fees
10-07-2008 35 USC 115, Oath of the Applicant
09-23-2008 Notice Mailed--Application Incomplete--Filing Date Assigned
09-23-2008 Filing Receipt
09-11-2008 Cleared by OIPE CSR
09-10-2008 IFW Scan & PACR Auto Security Review
09-10-2008 Initial Exam Team nn

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I encourage you to do your own DD and see what you can find - let me know what you find - here is public portal:
1. Go to this site and type in the security words shown HERE
2. Once your in, type in the "control number" 12208127
3. You may have to type in two security words again
4. Use the tabs above to look and find the references above mostly under "image file wrapper"


SkunK
Good Luck

PS. It appears POET has another patent related to this one, but it is not yet published. 12/877,987 filed on 09-08-2010 which is Pending claims the benefit of 12/208,127.  Here is what you get when you look for 12/877,987:

"Sorry, the entered Application Number "12/877,987" is not available. The number may have been incorrectly typed, or assigned to an application that is not yet available for public inspection."