[plug] [OT] [Fwd: California man patents eating, drinking.]

[Jeffrey Lim]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:13:39 +0800, Evert van Dijk
<evert at silver-sword.net> wrote:
> Funny thing is that one of the requirements of a patent is that it is a
> NOVEL idea. something that has NOT been done before.
> How can these 'Diligent patent examiners' fail to pick up on that?
> 

I dunno, but do be aware of the disclaimer posted here... -
http://www.danamania.com/gl/staticpages/index.php?page=20040822160948955

Note the "I may even just make stuff up for the sake of posting it. Be
warned." point.

-jf