[time-nuts] Xtendwave

[shalimr9 at gmail.com]

"Patent Pending" only means that if you copy the design and sell it, some time in the future (if and when the patent is granted), you may have to stop. You will not have to buy back your products or pay anything or be required to license for past use once the patent is granted as long as you stop selling what by then would be an infringing product.

Considering the time it takes to get a patent, some people take the "patent pending" mark as an invitation to copy and make money quickly before the patent is granted.

Kind of like the "do not call" list, where the list of people who subscribe is sent to the spammers, who then have a month to spam you before they have to stop.

Didier KO4BB

Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless thingy while I do other things...

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From: ehydra <ehydra at arcor.de>
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Xtendwave

At least in the USA one can "patent pending" even the neigboor's cat.
It looks in Germany we go now the same way. About 100 years ago one has 
to be shown a functional device for patenting it. I think this was a 
really good idea.

- Henry


Chuck Harris schrieb:
> I was of the understanding that SBIR's results are in
> the public domain.... that however, doesn't mean that
> a patented receiver that uses the SBIR results cannot
> be had.
> 
> You too can use the results of this SBIR and patent
> your receiver's special features.


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ehydra.dyndns.info

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