At 11:26 AM 12/03/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Geoff Wootton <woottong@isdugp.bham.ac.uk> wrote:
>>Maybe Bob should patent his clock before someone else starts
>>marketing it ...
>>
>
>   The concept is already patented.  In fact this design could
>   infringe so if anyone wants to commercialize this, beware.

Could you tell us what the title of the patent is - I'd like to look it
up ?

I can't see that concepts are patentable - implementations are - yes ?

I can see that the commercialisation of 'a' design could infringe but surely
if B.Blick were to design another form and not commercialise it then that
would NOT be an infringement - yes ?


Rgds

Mike

Some say there is no magic but, all things begin with thought then it becomes
academic, then some poor slob works out a practical way to implement all that
theory, this is called Engineering - for most people another form of magic.
                                                                       Massen