http://fuckcombustion.com/threads/what-if-apple-made-a-vaporizer.20061/
LOVE APPLE! Longest lasting electronic devices i've ever owned.
I didn't see the claims clearly either. Certainly, making claims in an application is both art and mechanics. There are all sorts of competing values to address when determining how to write a patent up. Even though my buddy is a patent attorney and I have read a lot of them along the way, I am still not very skilled at determining the difference between a narrow and a broad claim or the amount of detail that is appropriate for the eventual business strategy. Heck, in LOTS of them I don't really see the difference from prior art.Patents are a very tricky thing. I glanced at it and its not completely clear exactly which aspects of this they believe are new and patentable aside from the heating plate descending toward the herb during vaporization. But again, I didn't read it carefully and fully.
Most places file patents routinely to try to establish future rights....doesn't mean that they will get the patent or even use it in a product.
In tech these days, its often profit by intellectual property suit and you have to have the patents established to do so.
Can only agree with Apple products being a cut above.
They better be for the absurd prices they charge for their products.