Hi That’s not the way it was presented to me. My understanding is that the case law on proving “individual study” versus “individual use” is a bit murky. I’m certainly no lawyer (thank goodness ..).
Bob On Aug 9, 2014, at 6:38 PM, Jim Lux <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/9/14, 12:56 PM, Bob Camp wrote: >> Hi >> >> Keep in mind that the patent(s) do not keep you from building a part for >> your own use. > > AS I understand it, this is not technically true. You can practice the patent > to gain an understanding of it for the purposes of inventing something new > that is based on that patent, or to design around it. But you can't practice > it, just because it's useful. > > If I patent, oh, let's say, a swing consisting of a board (of an exotic, but > readily available, composite material) hanging from a tree limb with two rods > (of another exotic, but readily available material), you cannot go out and > build that swing in your backyard for your kids to play on. You can, > however, build that swing and do testing on it, connecting load cells, motion > tracking systems using real time kinematic GPS receivers, and carefully > measure the variations in the period of the swing as the gravitational pull > of the moon shifts, etc. Perhaps you are going to build a better swing, maybe > using 3 ropes instead of 2 (since my patent attorney didn't write the claims > well). > > > Regardless of what they do / do not patent, a TimeNut can still build (and > use for themselves) what ever they wish. >> >> ———— >> >> Now, if you (after careful examination) believe that the privately held >> patents keep you from building a receiver for a Federally Funded service - >> talk to your elected representatives. They are the ones who can / will fire >> up a committee to look into this sort of stuff. I think I would want to >> have some information on license costs before I made that phone call though. >> > > precisely so > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
