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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Dr Flocke: "50% of the applications are made by only 3% of the applicants"
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>> | Half of the patent applications are filed by only 3% of the applicants.
>> | Which means that at least half of the patent applications are filed by
>> | large corporations.
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http://stopsoftwarepatents.org/forum/t-91524/dr-flocke:50-of-the-applications-are-made-by-only-3-of-the-applicants
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> One thing to consider about patents is that they should be granted only
> for the nonobvious. The applicant should have to show somehow that he
> has put some work and ability into the invention. There should be some
> expensive combination of education, apparatus, lab work,
> experimentation, ability, etc. going into the invention. Otherwise it
> is something that anybody could think of easily, and the patent acts as
> an impediment to technological progress. That implies that more patents
> would go to large or expensive research operations than to weekend
> tinkerers. Unfortunately in reality the main work that goes into a
> patent may be legal work.
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> One approach would be to somehow rate the invention as to difficulty or
> cost and to grant a longer patent term for a more difficult or expensive
> invention.
The Nine Patents for a Carboard Box
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| 39 years after the man was on the Moon, a bloody cardboard box is still
| covered by 9 patents!
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| A quick search revealed this:
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| U.S. Patent #4,932,930 - Method and machine for forming cases with polygonal
| section made from a sheet material and cases thus obtained, June 12, 1990
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| U.S. Patent #5,147,271 - Machine for producing polygonal cases, Sep 15, 1992
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| U.S. Patent #5,375,715 - Polygonal section packaging of sheet material, in
| particular for bottles and a blank, Dec 27, 1994
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| U.S. Patent #5,381,948 - Packaging of polygonal section made of a sheet-type
| material and blank for producing such a packaging, Jan 17, 1995
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| U.S. Patent #5,400,955 - Box formed from a sheet material, blank, Mar 28,
| 1995
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| U.S. Patent #5,713,469 - Carton with integral core, Feb 3, 1998
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| U.S. Patent #5,988,389 - Article cradle, Nov 23, 1999
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| U.S. Patent #6,358,191 - System and method for flexible control and
| adjustment of a box forming machine, Mar 19, 2002
|
| U.S. Patent #6,394,742 - Method for stacking boxes and removal of individual
| boxes from the stack, May 28, 2002
|
| The patents were granted to either Otor (a French company!) or Mead.
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http://www.beranger.org/index.php?page=diary&2008/08/25/07/57/15-the-nine-patents-for-a-carboard-
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