James Hunkins wrote: > Luckily, one of the key points in patents is that patents can not be > done on something that is obvious.
Muahahaha, that was a good one! It might be nice in theory, but in real life I'm amazed nobody has patented "intake and output of oxygen containing gas in order to produce energy rich molecules" (aka breathing) yet. Or, perhaps somebody has? It wouldn't amaze me at all. Granted, many of those absurd patents can be successfully battled in court. If you have enough time and most of all, enough money, that is. But they do get granted often enough. Patents really were a nice and sound concept once, but abuse is so rampant that it's not funny anymore. Marcel _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
