> On 15 Feb 2019, at 1:58 pm, Robert Lang wrote:
>
> Thus spake "Origami on behalf of Matthew Gardiner"
>
> on 2/13/19, 10:07 PM:
>
>Can anyone shed some light on this?
>How can write a patent including the a plain waterbomb pattern with no
> publication citations?
I apologise for the poor wording of this sentence. Thankyou to everyone who
managed to grasp my meaning. I meant to say: how can one write a patent,
including the waterbomb pattern with no publication citations about the
waterbomb?
> Actually, there are citations of both publications and patents. But they're
> pretty thin.
Agreed. I checked out the other patents cited and they set the stage for
novelty as a new type of lampshade cover, folded lampshades and lighting
effects. My question related to the lack of reference to prior art, in
particular the plethora of origami and math related publications that discuss
the water bomb. I understand now, thanks to some off-list emails that as the
patent filer, you want the patent to pass, and not get rejected based on prior
art. Others also suggested that the reviewer probably had limited scope of
expertise.
> You can say pretty much anything you want in the disclosure and spec, but
> what matters is the claims. And these claims are pretty narrow! For one
> thing, they only apply to a light cover, and in claim 1 there's a requirement
> that the score lines be "digitally created", which would make it pretty easy
> to circumvent.
Thanks for shedding some light on this aspect of the patent and patenting! I am
really not up to speed with how the claims function. Whether or not the claims
compound, or if they are standalone, but this isn’t the list to discuss that,
so please see below for my Origami discussion of spirals.
>does anyone know the inventor?
>
> Yes, she's one of the artists in the "Above the Fold" traveling exhibition.
> Her work is a gigantic cardboard Yoshimura pattern, which is pretty cool (you
> can walk inside it).
Thanks both Tomohiro and Robert for giving me a context the artist/inventor and
her work. I’ve seen that piece via my PhD research, but only in pictures. It
looks pretty amazing, great construction method and use of scale.
That work, and the pattern, Figure 11 of the patent, reminded me of Tomoko
Fuse’s Spiral work from this book: Fuse, Tomoko. Spiral: Origami, Art, Design.
Viereck Verlag, 2012.
This is a really fantastic book, if you haven’t seen it, but its kind of hard
to get. I picked one up from Nicholas Terry at CFC in Lyon France. I was amazed
by the level of sustained variety in the one topic and folding style. Its like
Fuse sets out to systematically show everything that is possible in this genre.
Rather than just invent a model, she describes a whole folding system. It was
very inspiring for me during my research to see how thorough an artistic system
can be.
Speaking of research, my PhD thesis ORI* on the Aesthetics of Folding and
Technology is almost able to be published, just the last few formal steps,
which feel like they are taking forever. As soon as its out, I’ll post a link
to it the list.
Matthew
