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- dougallj, on 10/12/2007, -2/+158Yeah. I think it is more than a thousand years old.
- diggmaddy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+53AHA! So here's where they got the phrase "Reinventing the wheel".
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+53This is more than 5 years old !
- zyxwiley, on 10/12/2007, -36/+84when he exists...
- syl1985, on 10/12/2007, -1/+45You are in: World: Asia-Pacific
Monday, 2 July, 2001, 13:17 GMT 14:17 UK
hehehe yay! the latest tech news! - wedges, on 10/12/2007, -0/+39at least he's doing it to reveal a flaw, not just to be an ass.
- cphuntington97, on 10/12/2007, -2/+27Or will some church get a patent on God?
- regedanzter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23I filed for a patent several years ago on my own, without a lawyer. After waiting for about 6 months I got a reply back from the USPTO saying that it was rejected because my description wasn't specific enough, but they said that i could re-file it with an updated description, so I hired a lawyer to re-write the description. Another 6 months went by and I got another letter back from the United States Patent and Trademark office saying it was rejected because I was not allowed to change the original description and that it was their FINAL decision. I tried to write back explaining that THEY told me to change it. I never got another reply.
- centinall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20who knows... they MIGHT find some prior art and refuse the patent.
- WombatBob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20Actually it was a credit card for a tree. http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/treecard.asp
- sinembarg0, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21Patents are for tangible things. Copyrights are for ideas. In theory, God could only be copyrighted but not patented.
- karamba_kid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19Patents are the downfall of the human race.
- moonhead, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17"circular transportation facilitation device" - What a brilliant idea! Now how can we make it work??
- michaelvaf, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15He's going to make a lot of money......
- doctechnical, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I remember reading a science fiction story based on the premise some decades ago. A nice hack of the patent system nonetheless. Kinda like getting a credit card for your cat.
- ohhhL3ThaL, on 10/12/2007, -11/+21When will God get a patent for life?
- gameguy43, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9the patent system is out of control. what was originally designed to encourage innovation and provide a safe corporate environment is now simply a weapon yielded by the big corporations that secures their power and forces out the mom and pop companies. we need creative commons. and net neutrality. and anti-drm legislation. someone should write an angry letter.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11Australians invented everything of note. We rarely get credit for it, however.
/rotary clothesline
//lawnmower
///vegemite
////yeah that's about it - 256byteram, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8"Patents are for tangible things. Copyrights are for ideas."
Software patents? - dreimanis, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9in a deep "smokedforfiftyyears" movie trailer voice
it's year 2001..
far far away where people walk upside down..
in australia..
an ordinary man has discovered a wheel..
again..
will this be the end of the universe? - treelovinhippie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Well being the highly intellectual people us Aussies are, it wouldn't surprise me that we invented the wheel.
(hehe, not really)
Though I'm sure a good anecdote can be developed to how we created the wheel. Something about moving beer from the brewery to the pub sounds about right :D - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6At least he didn't patent the square wheel. That's still unpatented, right?
- michaelvaf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6maybe encino man will hire a lawyer and refute the patent?
- piesforyou, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9You may have invented Vegemite in 1922, but Marmite (which doesn't taste like salty soap) was invented in 1902.
- digitally5, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10Is it too late for the Chinese to patent gun powder? Intellectual property. What a load of *****. Set in place only to keep the rich, richer. It costs thousands of dollars to get just one patent. And cost thousands more to up hold the law in the event someone steals your patent. I know this is off topic of this original story. But it really just shows how stupid patents can be in government and society.
- yahoofrom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I'll try to get patent for patent system itself.
- nofxjunkee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Fosters tastes like soap.
- CedEx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Could you patent a thousand sided circle-like wheel? That way, from far it looks round, but up close it's actually made up of a thousand straight edges.
- TenebrousX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4now everyone will have to reinvent the wheel
- qleak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4That quote makes me think they are actually just rubber-stamping everything.
- avatarpalin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I have never been more proud to be an Australian... ! It's exactly what would happen when a bunch of mates get together and dare each other to patent things..
..classic - Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Actually, I believe somebody did that already. It runs on strange tracks with arches that the square sides rock over.
- zyxwiley, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6go capitalism!
- GameCat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The boomerang is a pretty impressive bit of aerodynamics. It is thousands of years old for sure.
- foxsynergy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Nah, your wheels would have to be all sticky or your cars would fall into the sky.
- 5blocksfree, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Did anyone happen to notice that he didn't GET the patent, but merely FILED for it? This headline is inaccurate!
- sreeks, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Albert Einstein was working in a Patent office. May be one of the reasons why he could do the things he later did ;-)
- tokenhobo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Inaccurate.
He hasnt got the patent yet, he's just filed it. And the whole reason for filing it was to demonstrate how the patent system has gotten out of control and could accept ridiculous patents like this one. But hey, never let a sensational headline get in the way of a boring story. - billybob476, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Damn...now I want a vegemite sandwich.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4he's going to sue Ford first
- SmartITGuy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Well, if the Australian patent office doesn't issue a patent for the Wheel or Fire to someone, the US patent office surely will!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i want patent on patent and then will not let anybody to patent anything patentable.
- foxsynergy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If the wheel is so simple to invent, *you* tell me what colour it should be.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"Lawyer Unhappy he Can't Charge as Much for Previously Lucrative Patent Applications"
- foxsynergy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Isn't there already a patent on *****?
- moonshn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@michaelvaf
more likely the Geico caveman, he seems to be a very litigious fellow - foxsynergy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2So was his diminutive clone, Minimoog.
- diggdong, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Chrome. Why have a wheel if you can't see yourself on it?
- foxsynergy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What about the patent to Lethal Flaming Wheels?
- spliffy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1brilliant! that would solve all of our problems. when you sue the existing patent system for infringement will be the icing on the cake.
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