OT Re: [sdiy] reamp/patenting in US

[Dr Strangelove]

Yea but you have to renew a couple of times during patent ownership if you 
want to keep your patent.  I think you have to renew at 5 years and again 
sometime after that, there's a fee.  The idea (I suppose) being that if you 
aren't making money off of your patent then you'll let it expire and, 
perhaps, become useful to others.

         -=<Jonathan Pratt>=-
       (Phdinfunk at hotmail.com)




>From: "Paul Schreiber" <synth1 at airmail.net>
>To: <music.maker at gte.net>, <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Subject: Re: OT Re: [sdiy] reamp/patenting in US
>Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 11:01:59 -0500
>
>17yrs, I think
>
>Paul S.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Scott Gravenhorst" <music.maker at gte.net>
>To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 8:25 AM
>Subject: Re: OT Re: [sdiy] reamp/patenting in US
>
>
> > I believe that patents do expire here in the U.S.  I
> > keep thinking 7 years...  mmm, maybe that's mirrors
> > when you break one.
> >
> > I am NOT a lawyer, nor a patent expert.  Anyone please
> > feel free to correct the above if it's wrong.
> >
> >
> > Paul van Nugteren <PMvN at gmx.net> wrote:
> > >I wish patents would only last a specific period of time eg. 10 years. 
>A
>lot
> > >of
> > >company's abuse patents and become incompetitive.
> > >
> > >Paul
> > >
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