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Also, has a patent clerk ever overlooked that the patent he approved has solid matter occupying the same point in space at the same time? Or solid objects that would have to pass through each other during operation for it to work? Bonus points if it's in the drawing instead of the description. Maybe a typo where the i.e. 11 inch thingamabob has enough clearance but it says 12 inches which isn't enough and it was approved like that? Or something like 60' 0" was handwritten and it was typed(typeset) as 60' 6"? Sagittarian Milky Way ( talk) 09:26, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
One example that comes to mind is the windscreen wiper, an innovative device intended to remove rain, snow, ice and debris from windscreens. Inventor Mary Anderson received a patent for her invention in 1903. Automobile companies avoided actually using the device in their vehicles, because they did not want to pay Anderson for the right to use it. Her patent expired in 1920. Soon after an automobile company called Cadillac incorporated the windscreen wiper as standard equipment for its vehicles. It was by then free for use. Other companies soon followed Cadillac's example, and the device reached wide use only after the patent expired. Dimadick ( talk) 14:40, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
How does a warmer atmosphere and oceans affect the planetary crust and seismic activity? 70.67.222.124 ( talk) 18:47, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
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Also, has a patent clerk ever overlooked that the patent he approved has solid matter occupying the same point in space at the same time? Or solid objects that would have to pass through each other during operation for it to work? Bonus points if it's in the drawing instead of the description. Maybe a typo where the i.e. 11 inch thingamabob has enough clearance but it says 12 inches which isn't enough and it was approved like that? Or something like 60' 0" was handwritten and it was typed(typeset) as 60' 6"? Sagittarian Milky Way ( talk) 09:26, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
One example that comes to mind is the windscreen wiper, an innovative device intended to remove rain, snow, ice and debris from windscreens. Inventor Mary Anderson received a patent for her invention in 1903. Automobile companies avoided actually using the device in their vehicles, because they did not want to pay Anderson for the right to use it. Her patent expired in 1920. Soon after an automobile company called Cadillac incorporated the windscreen wiper as standard equipment for its vehicles. It was by then free for use. Other companies soon followed Cadillac's example, and the device reached wide use only after the patent expired. Dimadick ( talk) 14:40, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
How does a warmer atmosphere and oceans affect the planetary crust and seismic activity? 70.67.222.124 ( talk) 18:47, 21 September 2017 (UTC)