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		<title>design patent - EGYPTIAN GODDESS</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[issued patents are public record]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[issued patents are public records.&#160; you can search at google or uspto.gov.&#160; once an invention is commercialized for a year, the inventor is barred from obtaining a patent on the invention.
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				<title><![CDATA[Yes, the process meets those req]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Yes, the process meets those requirements. However, it`s so "not
obvious" that we`re just as well off not patenting it. Likely nobody
would be able to reverse engineer what we`re doing, so there`s little
danger of copying.

On the other hand, ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[if the process you use to make f]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[if the process you use to make flags is new and also not obvious [a whole other can of worms], that might be covered with a utility patent.
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				<title><![CDATA[Zounds...that`s the word. I forg]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Zounds...that`s the word. I forgot. We`ve had discussion, here on SuN about the utility patent. Thanks for the reminder.
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				<title><![CDATA[
  CraigL, what your talking ab]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
  CraigL, what your talking about is called a "Utility" patent.&#160; Here is link that explains it.
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    http://www.uspto.gov/web/off]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
Ah...I get it. So here`s a que]]></title>
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Ah...I get it. So here`s a question regarding two aspects of our signal
flags. First, though, since they`re signal flags they`re in the
public domain I believe. We can`t patent the flags themselves.

If we were to try and patent the geometric]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[design patents cover ornamental ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[design patents cover ornamental features of items
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				<title><![CDATA[Hmm...to my understanding a desi]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Hmm...to my understanding a design patent covers also the way a product is put together? Or is there a "process" patent? 

In other words, what exactly is a design patent?

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				<title><![CDATA[
  How can I tell if my product]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
  How can I tell if my product infringes a design patent?&#160; The long awaited "EGYPTIAN GODDESS" case decided today [9-22-2008] answered that question.&#160; Unless the case is appealed, here was the standard set forth by the CAFC:
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