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Unread 21-12-2004, 12:59
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Re: Fun at the US patent office site

I've got a couple - 5,159,917 and 5,596,870. These were paid for by my previous employer - I submitted numerous invention disclosures and they made the decision on which ones to submit for patents. It always seemed like the things I thought were most novel and deserving of patent protection (like some things our competitor had already asked for details) they weren't interested in and alot of the stuff they submitted wasn't too novel.

While doing a search under Dillard for inventor, I found a "ball delivery system". Sorry, that's not mine - I don't think any of the one's we've built for competition warrant discussion, much less a patent.
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