>> Spoil-sport! Now how could you possibly disagree with the US >> Patent Office? to wit: > > Who's disagreeing? They don't care, there's no requirement that it >*works* at all (I gather many don't). They pay the money, the Patent >Office takes the money, pays their clerks. Everyone's happy... I understood, perhaps naively, that perpetual motion devices were officially unpatentable. RM _____________________________ What can one man do? Help the hungry at no cost to yourself! at http://www.thehungersite.com/