Re: WTF patents

In article <kktcs1huqgtnpp07kl9kh1vvcea0ft5qoj@xxxxxxx>,
speffSNIP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:52:27 -0600, the renowned "Clark"
> <CP@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Another thing is the Patents do not have to work, and in many cases some
> >could never work.

No, a patent must be "workable", and include a "preferred
embodiment (one you believe is the best at the time of filing).
Though the meaning of "workable" is often stretched.

> IIRC, allegedly perpetual motion machines are an exception to that
> rule, by official policy anyway, for the USPTO.

When physical laws are violated the USPTO requires a bit more
"proof" of workability. In the case of anything smelling of
perpetual motion, they want a working model. ;-)

--
Keith
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