Not really, I should know. I am a patent attorney and former patent examiner/clerk in Norway, and a partner here: http:// www.protector.biz/uk/ You´ll find my face somewhere on that cite.
...and just to say somethng about the US patent attorneys: They have law degrees as well, making them very good at handling conflicts. DagT Den 28. jul. 2006 kl. 22.15 skrev Bob W: > Really? You amaze me. > > -- > Cheers, > Bob > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of DagT >> Sent: 28 July 2006 20:51 >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Talk about crap >> >> Well, actually the Swiss, and the German, are quite good. Fond or >> rules and order. In Germany they often have Ph. D´s while in the US > >> they often have bachelors degrees in their technical field... .-) >> >> DagT >> >> Den 28. jul. 2006 kl. 21.29 skrev Bob W: >> >>> Perhaps he drew it with brakes and intends to put a big sign on > them >>> when he's built it saying "Warning - do not apply brakes. Applying >>> brakes invalidates warranty". >>> >>> That would easily get by the patent clerks, who are >> probably not very >>> good at physics anyway. Especially the Swiss. >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers, >>> Bob >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>>> Behalf Of graywolf >>>> Sent: 28 July 2006 16:24 >>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> Subject: Re: Talk about crap >>>> >>>> Interesting, since the US patent laws specifically says PM >>>> machines are >>>> not patentable, and any such are automatically rejected without >>>> consideration. Now it is possible some things have been patented >>> that >>>> fall into that category, but the fact that they do has, in that >>> case, >>>> been cleverly concealed by the applicant. >>> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net DagT http://dag.foto.no Beware of internet links. You never know what is on the other side. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

