good idea, they are just another way for lawyers to make money. any new
idea gets ripped off as soon as its out anyway with cheap imitations... and
then lawyers make more money suing the infringers if they can get a hand on
them.

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On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 12:11:22 -0000, "Dave" wrote:


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Any comments or technical objections?

if this were that obvious to you, and it would work as described, it
would
already be in wide use.

So let's save some federal money by shutting down the USPTO.
Everything useful that works has already been thought of, so there's
no need for them any more.

i haven't had enough caffeine yet to explain why,
but somehow i think you would get complete cancellation and there would
be
no propagation at all.