Den 26. jul. 2006 kl. 23.49 skrev John Forbes: > On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:30:37 +0100, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> >> And, of course, for the maths department you need to hire the >> resident >> loon on sci.math who claims to have a simple proof of Fermat's last >> theorem (insert obligatory joke here about the margins of this post >> being too small to contain the proof). >> >> There's a reason why the patent department returns claims about >> perpetual motion machines, unopened, and it's not to suppress >> freedom of speech - it's to avoid wasting everybody's time. > > I had the impression that the US Patent Department registers every > patent > application it receives. That's why US patent law is such a mess. > > John
Not completely true, but it may seem that way sometimes. Regarding perpetual motion machines it is a fact that the international patent classification system has classes for such things. Usually getting that class on your application leads to a final rejection, but in the US they do in fact have some granted patents on inventions being classified as perpetual motion machines... DagT http://dag.foto.no Beware of internet links. You never know what is on the other side. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
