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Forum: Links Topic: weird patents by some UK guy. started by: masher Posted by masher on Apr. 14 2001,07:08
< http://www.patent.freeserve.co.uk/pedrick2.html > weird patents by some UK guy. CatKnight, you may want to look at his nuclear reactor patents for a laugh... ------------------ Posted by CatKnight on Apr. 14 2001,20:12
weird. although i'm pretty sure most of those are already patented, or don't exist yet.
Posted by T-bone on Apr. 24 2001,16:26
that's actually pretty smart...this guy just makes up stuff that seems plausible, and when someone actually figures a method to make it work, they have to pay him for stealing his idea because he already has a patent on it... tbone This message has been edited by T-bone on April 25, 2001 at 11:26 AM Posted by askheaves on Apr. 24 2001,16:46
It's like domain squatting.However, there's a concept called 'Reducing to Practice' in which you get a bunch of credit because you made a zany idea actually work and perform the functions. I hate patents. They piss me off at work on a daily basis. The fucking patent offices are too busy and understaffed that they put anything through, and figure that any disputes will be settled in court. Then, the juries make the assumption that the patent clerks know what they're doing, and there's a presumption toward the holder of the patent, even in cases of prior art or other shit. And the 'Doctrine of Equivalence' can kiss my ass. Posted by CatKnight on Apr. 25 2001,00:16
well they may be annoying, but our economy would be fucked without them. i don't think you would appreciate someone making shit loads of money off your genuine ideas.
Posted by CatKnight on Apr. 25 2001,00:19
oh yeah and also, esp. for those nuclear ones, you can't make a patent without blueprints. you can't just say "I want a patent for an "Apparatus for creating electricty from thermonuclear reactions" " and they say "here you go". you have to have the actual blueprints, wether it works or not. and if you tried to get a patent on blueprints that you didn't write then you'd go to jail for theft or something.
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