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[Paul]

trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com wrote:

>On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 01:13 -0400, Paul wrote:
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>>I really don't see how any government can afford to properly evaluate 
>>patent applications with the fees they collect. They charge the same fee 
>>for salad spinners and codecs.
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>And you get about the same results, there are some really silly patents
>out there.  Some as simple as 2 C instructions.
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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.

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. :-)