2nd generation VCFs (was: Xpander VCF)

[Jim Patchell]

    I knew somebody like that too....we used to make snide comments behind his
back that every time he blew his nose, he would patent it, and on every sheet of
toilet paper, he would put a copyright notice.

    -Jim

Rob wrote:

> yes, this is true.. We have a colleague with about 100 patents.. Problem is,
> NONE of them have been good enough to use in a product!
>
> Rob
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jh." <jhaible at t-online.de>
> To: <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 5:00 AM
> Subject: Re: 2nd generation VCFs (was: Xpander VCF)
>
> > >    I've got the feeling (and my coleagues too) that it is relatively
> easy
> > >    to obtain an US patent. They don't seem to check very much if it
> works,
> > >    if it makes sense or if anything previous like this exists.
> > >
> > > Why would you say that?  :-)
> > >   http://www.delphion.com/details?pn=US05443036__
> > >
> > > (Or check out the others in the "Gallery of Obscure Patents",
> > > http://www.delphion.com/gallery )
> >
> >
> > Great stuff. I wonder what painful experience someone has to
> > go thru until he finally invents a device that fights back on
> > graffiti sprayers !
> >
> > But seriously, I've been told you can get a patent for almost
> > *everything*, as long as you're restricting your claims to a
> > certain application. But whether the patent is of much use
> > or not in that case is a different question. The more general
> > your claims, the more difficult to get the patent (and the more
> > useful, if you get the patent). If, OTOH, you're filing a patent
> > with very restricted claims, you will get it easily, and it may
> > be useful for you if you're working on just that restricted
> > field - but useless to fight claims outside that field.
> > Which is just ok in many cases.
> > You may not believe it, but I am more or less holding two
> > patents for good old cubic splines - but just restricted for
> > a certain way of modelling devices for circuit simulation (;->).
> >
> > JH.
> >
> >
> >