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Blue Patents

Depending on where you work, consider this a NSFW (Not Safe For Work) Warning....

I stumbled on a new patent blog the other day: www.x-ratedpatents.com. Chock full of "Patents I'm thankful I didn't write."

Celeb patents..

Ironic Sans blog on "Celebrity Patents."

Funny Time Magazine Piece on Patents

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/20061030_essay.pdf

Domain names...careful what you register

TechKnowledgeBlog reminds us to be careful when picking domain names, lest your Lumbermans Exchange becomes Lumerman Sexchange.

You'll need a monitor to read this post

I’m just sitting down to watch the USPTO webinar on Accelerated Examination of patents...and this is the warning screen I see:

O RLY?

Claims you forgot to delete from a draft application...

Patent Blog PHOSITA® has the scoop re this claim found in a published application.

Top Ten...young patent attorneys

Now that's what I call a "Top Ten" list

PHOSITA® : The Top Ten Milestones of a Young Patent Attorney

Leash with sound

A novelty item for creating the illusion of an imaginary pet including a hollow, elongated leash with a handle at one end and a collar and harness adjacent the other end. Housed within the handle, which is hollow, is a battery power source and an integrated circuit for producing a plurality of animal sounds. Also carried by the handle are an on/off switch and at least one selector switch for the sound circuitry. Mounted within the collar end of the leash is a micro speaker which is connected by wiring through the hollow leash to the circuitry in the handle.

Patent No: 5,509,859

Patenting a Stick with a Bag on the End of it

USPN 7,090,268

[Via:  TechDirt —Nice Patent... For Me to Poop On!]