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In <kfcu0hs@fido.asd.sgi.com> nelson@bolyard.wpd.sgi.com (Nelson Bolyard) writes:

>In the referenced article, barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes:
>>In article <36514@ogicse.ogi.edu> morgan@ogicse.cse.ogi.edu (Clark O. Morgan) writes:
>>>  "If we don't file a patent for this product before it's introduced,
>>>  then any number of companies could duplicate the product, file a
>>>  patent application, and force us to pay royalties for our original
>>>  work."
>>
>>It's not necessary to file a patent to get this level of protection.  All
>>they have to do is publish a paper that describes how their product works.
>>...
>Consider this.  They pay $10,000 or less and get a patent.  Because of the
>statutory presumption of the validity of a patent, if anyone else tries to
>sue them, they wave the patent in the judge's face.  It's cheap.  They
>spend $10K, then only a few hundred every time they get hauled into court.

It is suffient to file the patent application with the USPTO--they need
not grant it.  R. Buckminster Fuller did this with at least one of his
inventions.  DO use even failed patent applications when checking for
prior art.

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