On Tuesday 15 February 2005 12:16 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Tuesday 15 February 2005 11:46 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > On Tuesday 15 February 2005 16:53, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > > > On Tuesday 15 February 2005 06:29 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > > Here is what you can expect when the EU directive gets approved > > > > > > > > > > > > <quote> > > > > Working closely with the patent office Mr Holland eventually > > > > settled for his now granted patent on methods of inserting food > > > > or beverage into the mouth for chewing, in order to be later > > > > swallowed and digested by the stomach. > > > > </quote> > > > > > > > > The link is here : > > > > > > > > http://www.danamania.com/gl/article.php?story=20050214215454591 > > > > > > > > Kaj Haulrich. > > > > > > Kaj: > > > Silly me. I thought that prior art was established in the Book of > > > Genesis. -- cmg > > > > Well, I guess the Patent office (or is that orifice ?) never heard > > about that book... > > > > Now, when this madness comes to the EU I'll apply for a patent on > > going to the head with my behind. > > > > Sorry for my bad English. > > > > Kaj Haulrich. > > Kaj: > Sorry, but your idea isn't patentable. It's the prior art thing. After all, > the US Patent Office operates in head-up-butt mode every day. A few years > ago, a guy got a patent in his child's name that covered swinging on a > child's swing from side to side rather than the conventional front to back > motion. I contemplated filing one for swinging cattywampus on behalf of my > grandson, but decided that I shouldn't feed the madness. Well, that and it > costs more than two bucks to file a patent. Patent insanity has been around a long time None of James Watt's designes had crankshafts because somebody seeing the application pantented it even though the crankshaft had been around a 100 years(in mills) > -- cmg
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