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Re: [dvd-discuss] method of swinging on a swing
- To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] method of swinging on a swing
- From: Jeremy Erwin <jerwin(at)ponymail.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 17:53:28 -0400
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On Wednesday, July 31, 2002, at 04:52 PM, Tim Neu wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, someone somewhere wrote:
>
>> Over at theregister(http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/35/26469.html
>> , at the bottom)there is a link to the patent office with : "Method of
>> swinging on a swing " Is this for real??? I was hoping to see that
>> this is just a patent request, but my impression is that it has been
>> granted...
>
> Yes, it is real.
>
> A patent engineer at 3M wanted his son to learn about patents, so they
> went through the process together.
>
>
> At least, this is what I heard. I think one of the articles written at
> the time provided more details about it. It is slightly old news.
>
> See the following URL for starters.
>
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/15/2324253&mode=thread&tid=155
>
>
Also, http://www.nytimes.com/ref/open/innovations/13PATE-OPEN.html