Imagine all the sex toys the patient office has to approve.
Its a dirty job; but someone’s gawtta do it
Do I see a repo the generic opera reference here?
The generic opera is an excellent typo
Crap, well now I keep it that way. ^^
I wonder if the office employs specialists for different categories of patents…
It would be downright negligent NOT to
Method and apparatus for rattling a hoohaa.
Well the gun mousetrap was approved so I’m unsure.
Honestly less cruel than stickie paper hopefully but what a fucking mess too
Indeed, a big mess. Does it even come with spackle to fix your damn wall?
Without going into detail I know there are a lot of things that are illegal to patent for more or less bureaucratic reasons, like paraphernalia, but you can get around it by saying that it’s for tobacco. Also, the military branches have representatives that work in the patent office, so if you find a unique way to kill people you are about to either become very rich, or very arrested.
Why tabacco?
I knew of someone who had a patent for a device that attached to a forklift to aid in large scale floor remodeling (scraped up old vinyl flooring). The US military used Eminent Domain to steal that patent and use it for military operations (still just remodeling old floors, not even for combat operations).
I don’t know any more specifics about it. (I have a feeling there were more details that would have made that more understandable). Just that they can take a patent if they feel they need to.
I want that job of driving the forklift scraper
It would take all of five minutes to not want that job. Very messy and dusty. And not good mess, but like old nasty stuff that’s seeped under those tiles. Bonus the tiles might be asbestos. But if this sounds like a good time still, please report to your nearest US Army Recruitment Office!
I’m confused. If that’s obscene, it sounds dangerous.
At least in Europe and Germany there is a rule that allows the parent office to reject such an application. However, I don’t have any examples right now. Nevertheless, I know that dildos are patentable.
Here is an except from Art. 53 of the European patent convention:
European patents shall not be granted in respect of:
(a) inventions the commercial exploitation of which would be contrary to “ordre public” or morality; such exploitation shall not be deemed to be so contrary merely because it is prohibited by law or regulation in some or all of the Contracting States
Amazon warehouse worker cages (so called “wagie cages”) got approved so idk if morality is a limiting factor
