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On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 01:32 -0400, Paul wrote:

> >
> 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.
> 

most of those are design patents and not functional patents.  Design
patents are basically meaningless just means someone cant really make
something look the same.


> 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. :-)
Sorry, but salad spinner sounds like a sex toy.


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