[Asterisk-biz] Asterisk Ffork - OpenPBX.org

[Craig Guy]

You'll usually see these as being design patents.  I remember looking up a 
patent number on my garden hose sprayer once, it was a patent on the design 
itself or some such.

Craig

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul" <digium-list at 9ux.com>
To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" 
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Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk Ffork - OpenPBX.org


> trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 01:13 -0400, Paul wrote:
>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>
>>And you get about the same results, there are some really silly patents
>>out there.  Some as simple as 2 C instructions.
>>
>>
> 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. :-)
>
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