A Math Geek's Ride to the High Court in Landmark Patent Fight http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-195218/a-math-geek-s-ride-to-the-high-court-in-landmark-patent-fight Posts in the discussion thread "A Math Geek's Ride to the High Court in Landmark Patent Fight" - Bernie Bilski and Rand Warsaw were just a couple of "math geeks for hire" from Pittsburgh when they applied for a patent in 1997. They had an idea for making the unpredictable predictable for utility companies: a way to make energy bills consistent, month to month, no matter what Mother Nature had in store, weatherwise. WeatherWise USA Inc. is the name of their company, in fact. What Bilski and Warsaw did not predict is that their patent application would be rejected and, on appeal, would make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court 13 years later. http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-195218#post-628630 A Math Geek's Ride to the High Court in Landmark Patent Fight http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-195218/a-math-geek-s-ride-to-the-high-court-in-landmark-patent-fight#post-628630 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:13:42 +0000 ggiedke 32664 "Bernie Bilski and Rand Warsaw were just a couple of "math geeks for hire" from Pittsburgh when they applied for a patent in 1997. They had an idea for making the unpredictable predictable for utility companies: a way to make energy bills consistent, month to month, no matter what Mother Nature had in store, weatherwise. WeatherWise USA Inc. is the name of their company, in fact. What Bilski and Warsaw did not predict is that their patent application would be rejected and, on appeal, would make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court 13 years later."

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