What I don&#x27;t like about many of these patents though, independent of whether they are novel or not, is they&#x27;re part of the 3GPP specs.<p>The specs for creating a 2G&#x2F;3G&#x2F;4G cellular network are all open specs and gratis, but man parts are covered by patents - meaning if you want to create a device that&#x27;s part of such a network, including a mobile phone - there&#x27;s a forest of patents in your way - something I don&#x27;t agree with and that imo. should not be part of open specs.