patents

[Mark Pulver]

>On Sun, 28 Sep 1997, bj wrote:
>
>> > Russia's greatest inventor: U.S.Patoff
>> 
>> What did this man invent?
>> Some Music machines perhapps?
>
>I suspect this is a joke; U.S.Patoff sounds remarkable like the 
>United States Patent Office. =) If I'm wrong, that's a hell of a
coincidence.

Guys... You're trying way too hard here...

A lot of products that came to market in the last few decades in the US
were stamped/labeled "Reg U.S. Pat Off". This is short for "Registered at
the United States Patent Office".

Mark

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