OT: on the edge of eternal life or the gras is greener on the other side!

[Bjorn Julin]

>    From: "Bjorn Julin" <bnillson at HOTMAIL.COM>
>    Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 02:58:53 GMT
>
>    One day many of the diy list members will place thir butts in a:
>    USD0407179
>    I had no idea that it was patented!
>    Must be the best patent ever!
>
>For those who don't know... the "D" in the patent number indicates
>that this is a "Design Patent", a patent for the non-functional aspect
>or ornamentation of an item.

?

>    Beside here is the P for the IG oscillator used by Yamaha:
>    4191932 i think!!
>
>"P for the IG"?   It's a charge-pump VCO.

Isnt the charge pump patented then?

This is a patent of a charge pump VCO! or is it not?

>    How do you do when one wants to get older patents then 1975?

>The local Patent Libraries are listed here:
>   http://www.uspto.gov/go/ptdl/ptdlib_1.html
>
>Or you can order patents directly from the US Patent Office for $3.00
>per copy:
>   http://www.uspto.gov/oems/
>
>   -- Don

Thanks for the links Don!

BJ

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