ajs349
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Maybe I'm missing something here but why would this be patent pending?
http://cnj.craigslist.org/for/1579321262.html
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danculwell
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Cause he wants to patent it
RandomSF
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It means that he has applied for a patent on the design.
From the US patent Website:
From the US patent Website:
jasonsbeer
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I think prior art and public domain knowledge would disqualify any patent on this, unless he's claiming some kind of unique improvement.
There's databases around to look up patents and such. Someone could probably look up the application and see what he's claiming.
There's databases around to look up patents and such. Someone could probably look up the application and see what he's claiming.
Yeah, good for him but he's not breaking much new ground there. It looks like a folding table with wheels.
Looks like crap!
Wade E
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I do like the kegs with the fittings below and the cut outs for them to come through. i wish I had thought of that when setting up my keggle!
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i've found better ways to spend the 3k patent fees.
Anyone can file a patent on anything. Doesn't mean anything more than you've done the write-up and paid the fees.
Getting a patent is much tougher. Been there, done that, got the patent. Took four years and three reviews.
Getting a patent is much tougher. Been there, done that, got the patent. Took four years and three reviews.
springer
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only if you were to go electric, can you say scorched wort. And putting a shield over the ports and valves if direct fired would hurt the efficiency of the burners to heat the water/wort ..
Got a great visual in my head of the brewer chasing said brew sculpture down the driveway yelling "No, No, Oh $hit"
HLT wouldn't matter and MLT would be OK because you'd be recirculating during heating. Totally agreed on the BK.
jkarp
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You guys are missing the obvious. Patent numbers are 7 digits.
He's blowing smoke AND breaking the law: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/appxl_35_U_S_C_292.htm
He's blowing smoke AND breaking the law: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/appxl_35_U_S_C_292.htm
Patent pending numbers would actually be the application number, not the patent number itself. That comes if it's granted. However, you could still be right about the blowing smoke.
...like spending that money on making a product worth patenting?
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I always thought the idea of patenting is to protect the idea so that others must pay you to improve it.
Well, you also have to be willing to go to court to prove that someone's design infringed on your patent.
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...like spending that money on making a product worth patenting?
sure, if i ever came up with such an idea... but i was thinking on brewing stuffs.
Wellshooter
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Patents, started out as a way to protect the little fish from the big fish, is now out of the reach of the little fish. It's all lawyered up and who ever has the most money wins.
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