Randy AV (10/24/2014)

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We did a very deep dive into looking at Prior Art as did the USPTO examiner. A lot of the prior art was ours, based on the dozens of articles we wrote before the 1 year cut-off. So, we had to exclude a lot of what we would have liked to patent. The examiner referenced a few other items we discussed and sometimes needed to adjust. One of the leaders in this space, Dr. Richard Snodgrass, had a lot of the basic concepts documented in the early 90's, but there wasn't a lot more. We added a lot in regards to Real Time TEI, TRI, performance and Future Assertions (sandbox) processes. I did my first bi-temporal implementation in 1995. I wasn't even aware of Rick's work until the mid-2000s. Rick was one of the reviewers of our book. He is a very bright guy, and I wish we could have patented his ideas. 🙂