If everyone on this list overwhelmed them with applications for
1. Wheels, and
2. Perpetual motion machines
The entire system would collapse. Together we can make it happen!
Best wishes
Adrian
Dr Adrian Bowyer
http://staff.bath.ac.uk/ensab
http://reprap.org
Quoting Kevin Adams <k.adams@therm-u-form.com>:
> Notice on their patent abstract, they satae "online or offline".
>
> While I am not sure of anyone doing this online earlier than 2000,
> it seems pretty obviuos that the steps they outline are pretty much
> what most service bureaus have always done offline.
>
> Seems that with enough money and persistance anything can be
> pushed through the USPTO. Back in the early 1980s the "combover" was
> patented, though the assignees have never tried to enforce it.
>
> I believe I ran across an online system prior to Quickparts, but
> just cant recall who it was. Anyone with a better memory than me
> recall anything???
Received on Sun Apr 20 14:29:14 2008
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