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Why not patent it?Why not patent it?Posted Nov 21, 2005 20:09 UTC (Mon) by kirkengaard (subscriber, #15022)In reply to: Why not make it standard? by bojan Parent article: Richard Stallman's Tin-Foil Hat (Bruce Perens' Journal)
Too much prior art. :) Not that that would stop the USPTO.
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Why not patent it? Posted Nov 22, 2005 7:47 UTC (Tue) by evgeny (guest, #774) [Link] Right. Prior art (even over thousands of years) is nothing to USPTO:
Ahh, but coverage is narrow. Posted Nov 22, 2005 18:48 UTC (Tue) by Max.Hyre (subscriber, #1054) [Link] From the patent abstract:The wheel includes [...] spoke portions [...] wherein said spokes extend radially outwardly between the hub and rim [....]Whew! I was scared for a moment there. Sincy my bicyle spokes are roughly tangential to the outer edge of the hub, I'm safe. But I'd better patent that arrangement, before someone comes around looking for money. :-/
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