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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's exciting getting an unexpected express parcel
from the USA...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>...until you see it's from Roland's
lawyers.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They thought that my Frostwave SpaceBeam infringed
their D-beam.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks to some helpful packrats on this list and
StompboxDIY, I was</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>able to show that the principle of a reflected
modulated lightbeam </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>proximity detector goes back to the 1960s. End of
story.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Essential reading on patents: <FONT
color=#008000><SPAN dir=ltr><A
href="http://www.tinaja.com/patnt01.html">www.tinaja.com/patnt01.html</A></SPAN>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>paul perry Melbourne Australia</FONT></DIV>
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