> However, he failed to grasp some basic IP concepts
Indeed. His patent was abandoned, according to the USPTO's PAIR website at [1], after being rejected for non-patentability. Aside from being apparently non-patentable subject matter, the examiner noted that Philips's application was similar to a previously rejected application no. 10/454,261, and rejected the former on the some of the same grounds as the latter.
Indeed. His patent was abandoned, according to the USPTO's PAIR website at [1], after being rejected for non-patentability. Aside from being apparently non-patentable subject matter, the examiner noted that Philips's application was similar to a previously rejected application no. 10/454,261, and rejected the former on the some of the same grounds as the latter.
(I am not a patent lawyer.)
[1] http://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair