Posted by Joel Wright (205.188.208.10) on October 29, 2003 at 13:48:39:
In Reply to: Patent Search? posted by John Lindsay on October 28, 2003 at 15:16:29:
The U>S>patent office (intill their revamp of the site three years ago)in reference to prepetual motion devices stated that ,if the design is capable of being understood by anyone educated in the matter ,the patent will be refused.I hav nt been able to find if this is their current policy or if the authority s have changed this very stange inclusion.This was in addition to the statement of must have a working model..Joel Wright.......................................................... : Is a patent search really necessary when applying for a patent, since when you walk into the Patent office with a workable Perpetual Motion machine, they will of course have never seen something like this before. ;) What would you be searching for? Something that isn't there?