When I was a boy I used to see "Pat. Pending" written on everything from consumer electronic enclosures to those triangular rubber blocks you put on pencils to keep them rolling off the desk and I thought "Who IS this Pat Pending? He must be some kind of engineering genius his name is on all sorts of stuff. I gotta meet this guy."
I admit though I am a product of my staunchly patriarchal culture and the thought that a lady could have invented all that stuff didn't occur to me at age 8.
Hong Kong Phooey, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Grape Ape, and Whacky Races were still in the 6 AM weekday timeslot sometimes on my local OTA station back in the mid 80s but that character I don't recall. I have some familiarity with the classics though
Nah, he was the guy on Laugh In who was always running for president.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
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Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com
Over here there's a marking requirement: the item has to have the patent number (or "patent pending" before issuance). Otherwise in general you can't collect damages arising from sales before you notified the infringer about your patent.
"Patent pending" doesn't provide that benefit, but does at least notify your competitors that they should do their due diligence. (In NY, it's surprisingly hard to use "due diligence" in a sentence without it sounding like "doo-doo".) ;)
There's a useful article on marking at
Cheers
Phil "It's pronounced 'dyoo'" Hobbs
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Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com
--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com
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