Posted by DMoore [ 71.39.40.4 ] on March 09, 2007 at 14:10:19:

In Reply to: Re: The Movement of Waves and Particles posted by Bill Wassilak on March 08, 2007 at 21:41:58:

Actually, it doesn't have to be patented, just published or sold to the public to be considered prior art which could effect the patentability of the "new" design.

I think I'm safe, but it's almost impossible to tell these days, with all of the participating nations in the patent system.

I ran into a Japanese patent on one of my other applications, how in the world does one search for that?! Doesn't seem to be quite right to me.

Dana

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