[sdiy] magsafe patch cables?

[Tom Wiltshire]

On 24 Mar 2009, at 16:12, John Mahoney wrote:

>
>> > http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=2003090321
>> >
>> > This looks to be a 2003 patent application, withdrawn in
>> > 2006. I expect Apple's lawyers jumped on them.
>>
>> That boggles my non-lawyer mind. I believe that magnetically held  
>> power
>> cables appeared on Japanese rice cookers many years before they ever
>> appeared on an Apple product.
>
> Just because someone "expects" that Apple was behind the withdrawn  
> patent application doesn't make it so. Maybe someone else holds a  
> patent on it. There are several possible scenarios, so I wouldn't  
> let my mind be blown too quickly. (Then again, maybe I'm being naive.)

Dead right, John. It was pure speculation on my part, and I wouldn't  
claim otherwise.
It *may* be that the claim was withdrawn under pressure from Apple's  
lawyers, but you can dream up your own scenario too, naive or  
otherwise as you choose.

T.