That seems at odds with TFA itself, which claims "Ford itself recently announced that it was giving up on its goal of developing full self-driving technology, at a cost of $2.7 billion."
Perhaps the standard for "reduction to practice [0]" is a little looser than I'm imagining. I can't even see how this would be covered by sufficiency of disclosure[1] since the apparent non-existence of level 4 or 5 autonomy suggests that no person skilled in the art[2] yet exists.
Perhaps the standard for "reduction to practice [0]" is a little looser than I'm imagining. I can't even see how this would be covered by sufficiency of disclosure[1] since the apparent non-existence of level 4 or 5 autonomy suggests that no person skilled in the art[2] yet exists.
If it isn't obvious at this juncture: IANAL.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduction_to_practice
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufficiency_of_disclosure
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_having_ordinary_skill_i...