Roger Huffadine

Worcester UK

Retired IT director

Graham has a point that clearly demonstrates the lunacy of the American system - in the UK [apart from incompetence in the UK patent office - see previous posts] you just wouldn't get past the first hurdle and the patent would be invalid due to the concept of "prior art". If someone has made something or published the details of something in the public domain then any patent subsequently granted is worth less than the paper that its written on.