Re: OT: patent on wheel
Re: OT: patent on wheel
- Subject: Re: OT: patent on wheel
- From: Gregory Weston <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 19:36:32 -0400
On 5/20/02 at 10:44 AM, email@hidden wrote:
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>> Well, it just seems that...
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>>>> Or did the U.S. patent law go entirely mad?
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>> ...this hypothesis proved very true.
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>> Has anybody patented wheel yet? If not, I volunteer!
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> You cannot patent an existing idea or feature. (which is why star trek
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> was searched over and over for any reference to hyperlinks) And yes,
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> the US patent law is entirely mad. Someone was able to patent a
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> grotesque human/mouse creature.
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In fact, some australian *did* get a patent on the wheel:
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http://www.theage.com.au/news/state/2001/07/02/FFX0ADFPLOC.html
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Patent law is only hindering development in our days.
Patent _law_ is fine. Patent examiners are a serious problem.
Who here has played on a swing? You know, a platform or sling suspended from 2
or more flexible tethers. You can kick your legs and go back and forth.
Eventually you can get at least level with the upper end of the tethers, jump
off and land yards away, much to the consternation of adult monitors who did
exactly the same thing when they were 7.
Okay, now who among that group noticed that if you alternately tug on the
tethers you'll start to go side to side?
A US patent was recently awarded to a mid-western man on behalf of his
7-year-old son. Patent #6,368,227. The exhibits are really what make this.
G
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