[TowerTalk] Patentability

[Tom Rauch]

>  I thought that in order to recieve a patent, that the idea or
> object must not have been in the public domain, and had to be non-obvious
> to one trained in the art....
> 
> 
> 73, DX, de 
> Pat, AA6EG/N6IJ; 

The patent office quit checking for that years ago. You can get a 
patent for almost anything now, the thing doesn't have to even 
work. The only thing it means is someone else just has to spend 
the money later to overturn the patent.

If it's something worthwhile, that'll probably happen. If it's a small 
low profit market, no one will bother.


73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com

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