On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 01:32 -0400, Paul wrote: > > > Funny thing is how you see patent numbers and patent pending on a lot of > simple one-piece plastic items. I look those new ice cube trays and > laundry baskets over carefully and never find anything obviously innovative. >
most of those are design patents and not functional patents. Design patents are basically meaningless just means someone cant really make something look the same. > I'm sure that's the case with the salad spinner. He couldn't get a > patent on centrifugal force unless he put a microcomputer and software > into the product. :-) Sorry, but salad spinner sounds like a sex toy. -- Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel UK +44 870 340 4605 Germany +49 801 777 555 3402 US +1 360 207 0479 or +1 516 687 5200 FreeWorldDialup: 635378
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