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Old 03-18-2009, 12:05 AM   #31
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Old 03-18-2009, 12:07 AM   #32
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Hmm you think Hawking is smarter than Einsten?
Did Einsten work as a patent clerk.

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Old 03-18-2009, 12:08 AM   #33
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Pending patents are not published in the US.
What do you mean? You can search patent applications right on the web site:

http://patft.uspto.gov/

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Old 03-18-2009, 12:11 AM   #34
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Did Einsten work as a patent clerk.

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Old 03-18-2009, 12:12 AM   #35
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Old 03-18-2009, 03:58 AM   #36
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With regards to patenting a "a device which will <insert everything you can think of here> eg anti-gravity belt, pen that does not use ink...", the key point is that you have to include a workable design. Someone with normal skills in the field (electrical engineering, aerospace design, whatever) should be able to read your patent and find the technical information they need to build a ... whatever. So, yes, if you can explain how to build that anti-gravity belt, write that patent up ASAP!

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Old 03-18-2009, 05:23 AM   #37
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Did Einsten work as a patent clerk.

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Just in his spare time.

Highly recommended reading are Einstein: His Life and Universe as well as Who Got Einstein's Office? The former is a nicely written general biography and the latter focuses on his time at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton, NJ, though it does go beyond the man himself in the latter half, wandering off into a very interesting survey of superstring theory.
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Old 03-18-2009, 05:25 AM   #38
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DAMN....I am on it brother!

I also have an idea for a wine glass which does not spill (if a bit tipsy) based on having the wine glass essentially in a small bucket of water.
I found this on eBaum's World. I wonder if these inventions have been patented !
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/569198/

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Old 03-18-2009, 07:08 AM   #39
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I understand why people think patents are required for ideas in some instances but when it's for a physical device they should have to build it. If they had an idea for an electronic reader that lets you buy content via wireless communication then they should have to build it and try to make money off of it. These type of lawsuits just drive up the costs of doing business.
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Old 03-18-2009, 07:11 AM   #40
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Not yet, Daffy. The heart of the patent has to do with using wireless service to deliver content, not with the ebook device per se. Right now, in the U.S. that means Amazon.
Fuuh.. Quite glad to see this point..
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Old 03-18-2009, 07:14 AM   #41
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Just in his spare time.

Highly recommended reading are Einstein: His Life and Universe as well as Who Got Einstein's Office? The former is a nicely written general biography and the latter focuses on his time at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton, NJ, though it does go beyond the man himself in the latter half, wandering off into a very interesting survey of superstring theory.
Isn't that a 1500+ pages book? I want to read it but I guess it'll need a lot of patience!
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Old 03-18-2009, 07:22 AM   #42
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Were you not aware that anything can be patented?

"A method for inducing cats to exercise consists of directing a beam of invisible light produced by a hand-held laser apparatus onto the floor or wall or other opaque surface in the vicinity of the cat, then moving the laser so as to cause the bright pattern of light to move in an irregular way fascinating to cats, and to any other animal with a chase instinct."

Anytime you wave a laser-pointer around and a cat chases it... YOU OWE THIS GUY MONEY!!
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Old 03-18-2009, 07:38 AM   #43
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Old 03-18-2009, 07:54 AM   #44
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I've just been watching the stupidity of Amazon when they jumped up and called foul because of the script which allowed "non amazon" purchased content to be sent to the kindle. Now this is coming back on them. I never try to wish bad things happen to people, but I see this as karma coming back to them.

I'm not even addressing the technical aspects or the legal aspects of this, just the overall feeling I get.
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Old 03-18-2009, 09:04 AM   #45
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