patent

I have developed a new system similar to American Sign Language and Morse Code. Is it possible to patent, copyright, or trademark it before publishing?

We've had some patent-related discussions here before, and the last time around, there was some discussion about how hard it could be to determine if an application was "woo or not". Since then, I've come across a few weird patents, and patent applications, that I thought it might be interesting...

Reading SWIFT got me thinking about perpetual motion machines. If you could actually create a machine that outputs >100% of it's input, what would stop you from feeding the output back to the input and creating infinite energy instantly? The entire universe would be destroyed! I wonder if...

Just found this article in The Guardian: Source, full article I am not an expert in quantum physics. Is this patent (or idea) nothing but science fiction, or might a radar like this be reality in the near future?

Here's a slightly modified version of an e-mail I just sent Randi about the "Bogus Patent Claim" from this week's commentary. We've been amusing ourselves at the Canadian Patent Office with the US patent application 20040161257 that was referenced in this week's commentary. The agent in charge...

Not sure where to put this, but this looks like a likely spot. Can any one point me to a good resource for understanding patent laws. I have been commissioned to design a project for a small company, however I've found two fairly similar patented devices. I would like to know if I should...

Mr. Randi's lead-off commentary pertains to a patent issued to a device that, in Mr. Randi's humble opinion, is a device that has already been invented: Actually, Mr. Randi is quite wrong. The patent in question is No. 6,945,666. It includes three independent claims, of which Mr. Randi quotes...

I know that patents are a favourite hobby horse of Randi's. This is a peach, courtesy of Number Watch. Wormhole Generator. Edit: I note Randi already has had a go at this one.

I have a patent question. I have a design patent which was applied for in 2001 and granted for the UK in 2003 and Eire in 2004. I didn't apply for a worldwide patent because I didn't have $100K to spare. My patent could be useful to me businesswise in the US. Am I too late to apply for a US...

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Found this doing a quarterly patent search. Somehow the idea of simultaneously cleaning all orifices does not sound appealing... ultimate bidet patent

How did they test this? How did the examiner know whether the invention was effective? http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6485773.WKU.&OS=PN/6485773&RS=PN/6485773