At 09:29 AM 1/17/03 -0500, you wrote: >Yes. You should patent this. Make sure to tell them right up front that >you have invented a "perpetual motion machine". That puts your patent >into a special legal catagory that greatly expedites the process. He should patent a way to get coffee out of a MS Natural keyboard? ;-) Best regards, Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads